A Journey 6 Years, 6 Months, and 15 Days in the Making-OneWord 2024

6 years, 6 months, and 15 days ago, I wrote...  And what is chaos? Genesis teaches that “The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”  Genesis 1:2 ESV In the beginning, God brought order, but what …

Exhaled (a reboot)

And then, I exhaled. I’m committed to learning to breathe deeply. This is more than a metaphor. I am a shallow breather. According to people who teach meditation,   When we breathe in a shallow way, the body remains in a cyclical state of stress—our stress causing shallow breathing and our shallow breathing causing stress. This …

My Favorite Words Have Four Letters–OneWord 2022

Last year I wrote, "mine has been an evolution from retreat to advance," and in the words of the late Calvin Thorpe Sr., "I Meant That Thang." Let me make this clear: I No Longer Play Small. Where once I bowed my head, deferring to the needs and opinions of others, patiently making peace, waiting …