It was Thursday late afternoon and I was rushing to meet a deadline and finish the article for the column I write in a Franciscan Magazine out of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. When my editor in chief sent out the email to all the contributors a few weeks ago, he...

It gets dark so early this time of year. And it may be just me, but it seems that winter nights are somehow darker than those in the summer. Perhaps it’s the absence of fireflies, or the positioning of the stars and the moon, or it’s simply that winter skies tend to...

I hope your week was awesome and Thanksgiving enjoyable! Mine was peaceful and healing, and very special. As we drove back from Cincinnati (where we spent Thanksgiving with family), I asked my mom what I should write about in this morning's email. She said: "Write...

Are you all ready for Thanksgiving? It's one of my favorite holidays. I love the food and family gatherings around the table. I especially love that it comes at the time when we are wrapping another year, reflecting back on all that happened - and didn't happen....

It was a cold morning one day last week. The house was quiet. I sat in the kitchen, by a big window that overlooks my backyard and I enjoyed the soft colors of the autumn sunlight. I slowly inhaled the sweet fragrance of the apples that I keep in a bowl on the table...

On the last day of this 5-week stint of our 2019-20 tour, I sat on the grass by the sea and wrote in my journal. It was a beautiful, warm day in New Bern, NC, and the little marina we were in was quiet. This was the same New Bern that got flooded and devastated by...

Nine years ago, I went to Croatia for the first time after my dad had passed in 2006. It was a surprise trip for my mom’s birthday, but it was also a part of healing and nourishing the brave and courageous part of me back to life. One evening, I went to a bar in...

Last week, I wrote to you about that magical moment when you realize you are living your dream (whether it’s something big or it’s contained within an ordinary moment of peace, joy and sense of purpose). It’s exhilarating and encouraging. It's reassuring of Grace and...

As I write this, we're on our 5-week long tour with the Waking Up In America show.   This weekend we were in Roseburg, OR, and Alturas, CA. We have a good friend there, Dan Roeder, and it was great to be able to see him (check out his message on Patreon Page 🙂 ) The...

On paper, this tour looked like a piece of cake. This first week, we did two concerts in Victorville, CA. The following day we did another two in Payson, AZ. We then had a 9 hour drive to Carlsbad, NM to do one more concert and then turn right back around and drive to...