Musings

When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. (John 11:32-33) I recently led a retreat shaped by the verse from Psalm 46, “Be still and know that I am God.” I’m sure you know the clever “trick” of shortening this verse as a meditation practice. Be still an

When I heard about button books, I had to try one myself. As long as I can remember, I've been making things. When I was really young, I got in trouble for taking a special fabric my mom was saving and making it into a cape for myself by adding a button and (more destructively) a buttonhole. My elementary school had sewing class on Friday afternoons. I cried when I got to grade 3 and they changed the starting age to grade 4. In grade 4, I spent the entire school year knitting