• Habits and Vacation

    Habits and Vacation

    Maintaining habits on vacation can be difficult. And sometimes we just don’t want to. But there is no wrong way.

  • Reading as the goal

    Reading as the goal

    Many of us set out to make a goal of reading more. So we use habit trackers to build up a habit without addressing the real goal.

  • Teacher, tell my brother (Proper 13C)

    Teacher, tell my brother (Proper 13C)

    In this week’s gospel, someone asks Jesus to make his brother share—the perfect opportunity for a parable.

  • Beyond the fair question

    Beyond the fair question

    Sometimes the story is about the money. Sometimes it is about more than that. Either way, it’s about money.

  • Treasure — making worth of the fleeting

    Treasure — making worth of the fleeting

    The things we treasure are rarely of any true value. And we all know it. We just can’t seem to help doing it anyway.

  • Not Worth the Wait

    Not Worth the Wait

    We wanted to eat there. But the reduced hours and the lengthened line made it impossible. So we went somewhere else.

  • Weekly bread daily

    Weekly bread daily

    Americans don’t have a daily bread culture. We don’t shop daily. We set things up for the week. Which means we miss the point.

  • The no longer secret

    The no longer secret

    The surprise of finding a secret place that is no longer so secret. And what we do when disappointment is not the plan.