PODCAST- Nate Pyle: God won’t give you more than you can handle. Really? Ummm…

Don’t you just love trite talk?Pithy prose?Clever catchphrases? Seriously. Who doesn’t? Oh, you?Then you’ve come to the right place. Today on the Isle, Nate Pyle, who also hangs out in places like Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Daily Beast (and yes, I am venue dropping), actually hangs out with us Misfits for a great discussion […]

PODCAST- Living with purpose. On purpose. With Anita Agers-Brooks.

Do you ever feel like you’re asking too much? You might, rabbit, you might. (Shameless Bugs Bunny reference, for those of you playing at home) Or… maybe not. Maybe the problem is, you’re not asking for enough. Maybe, just maybe you’ve set your sights too small.I’m just sayin.Maybe there’s more. Exceedingly more for you.How can […]

PODCAST- Tina Donovan and her Fantastical Fuchsia Cow Transformations

Tina Donovan is no fuchsia cow. You heard me right. But don’t take my word for it. Listen for yourself. She’ll tell you. That, and so much more, my Misfit Friends. So. Much. More. https://soundcloud.com/user-410484965/tina-donovan

PODCAST-Sons and Daughters and Men and Women and Stuff… with Kathleen L. Maher: writing machine!

She’s back on the Isle… and not just because I strong-armed her, being the big sister and all (which I am not above doing)… but the girl’s got a brand new book out. And it’s GOOD, ya’ll (I can say y’all cause it takes place in the south. I am not misappropriating culture here). And […]

Just a Reminder…

That’s all. For now. 😊

Beauty and Truth in the Grey Matters

I am at a retreat as I write these words. Specifically, sitting on a sturdy porch rocker, on a hand hewn-looking log porch, overlooking rows of Aspen and evergreen in the foreground, and a surreal panorama of the Rocky Mountains in the distance, all snow capped and shrouded in yet more layers and layers of […]

PODCAST- Justin Jones, Sherrill Auker & a little thing they like to call “Seed Life”

^They say life on the farm is kinda laid back… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHhsmpOzttY Not that this has anything to do with the interview. But hey, John Denver. How can you go wrong? Ok, where were we? Oh yeah. podcast. Meet Justin & Sherrill. He’s the Spiritual Formation Pastor at Eastern Hills Church in Buffalo, NY and she’s […]

When the Words Juuuust Won’t Come…

Do you ever feel like you’ve just run out of things to say?Like the words are out there, in this nebulous cloud, just kind of swirling and spinning round and round, baby, right round, like a record baby… … but they’re just beyond your reach? Taunting you, like a bad 80’s song? You want to […]

PODCAST- When Hope Seems Lost… Tracking It Down with Sarah Beckman

It’s either gonna get better… or it’s gonna get better. Pithy? Perhaps. But a deep and powerful truth, no matter what you’re going through. Of course, tell that to someone who’s truly suffering. Somehow the pat answers don’t sit too well. And yet… there’s something in us that clings to hope, isn’t there? Why is […]

PODCAST- Tough Talk… with Lori Stanley Roeleveld

You know that conversation you need to have?The one you’ve been putting off?Why are you putting it off, anyway?Never mind, I know the answer.Because, it’s well, HARD.That’s the whole idea behind hard conversations.They’re messy.And awkward.And risky. And, well, hard.Now I’m just repeating myself.See how hard this is? Who wants that?Not me. But sometimes, we need […]