Folklore tells a tale of some travelers who stop in a village, bringing nothing with them but an empty pot. They fill the pot with water from a stream, add a stone from the riverbed, and start a fire. Passers-by inquire about what they are doing, making stone soup they say…if only we had someContinue reading “Stone Soup”
Category Archives: To Find Purpose
Soaking in the Summer Sky
The Persied Meteor Shower happens every year right around my birthday. I remember many summers as a child when we would stay at a cabin on Medicine Lake during that week. At night we would wrap up in sleeping bags, and lay out on the dock or in a rowboat anchored close to shore. There in the darkness we took in theContinue reading “Soaking in the Summer Sky”
An Apple, a Bottle of Water, and a Piece of Fried Chicken
I had hit a low. I was in the middle of a particularly bad day, in the middle of a particularly difficult season, when this happened: It was noon when a friend stopped in my office. She had just come from the grocery store and was bringing me an apple, a bottle of water, and a piece of deli fried chicken. She said GodContinue reading “An Apple, a Bottle of Water, and a Piece of Fried Chicken “
Leah by the Lake 