Return to the Garden

Proximity to the land, awareness of seasonal patterns of frost and heat, rain and shine:  these are among the chief benefits of a garden, and in my ongoing cultivation of the beautiful mess where my veggies grow, I am continually renewed and inspired by the metaphors that spring forth from every aspect of life in… Continue reading Return to the Garden

“Going Saint”

The memoir meets spiritual formation literature in Nathan Foster's The Making of an Ordinary Saint; and in case the name "Foster" has a familiar ring to it, think "Richard Foster" of the seventies-era classic Celebration of Discipline.  Nathan is Richard Foster's son, and a handful he was, apparently.  Now with addiction and bitterness in the rear-view… Continue reading “Going Saint”