“What Song Brings You Home?” – My Interview with Doug Bradley
I am pleased to bring you the thinking of today's guest, Doug Bradley. He’s a Vietnam vet who, with his co-author Craig Werner, spent two years making more than 100...
I Have Exciting News!
My Encore Career I have some exciting news to announce! In anticipation of the upcoming release of Nothing Bad Between Us, I will be posting a new, ongoing video series in which I share insights and experiences from my...
Personal Transformation: We Were One
My Dad and I Today I want to unpack the “Nothing Bad Between Us” part of my book title. In earlier posts, I’ve described the scene with my father, when we both said those words to each other in our native Low German for...
You Authentic Self: My Cracks of Gold
Lia on Shutterstock It’s very difficult for me to look at my weaknesses, my failings, my imperfections. But I’m learning that my truest and best self may actually reside there, in the cracks. I recently learned about Kintsugi,...
New Title!
I have exciting news to share! My new book Love is Complicated, has a new title: Nothing Bad Between Us: A Mennonite Missionary's Daughter Finds Healing in Her Brokenness. The new title has a...
Personal Transformation: Is Forgiveness Enough?
My father and I hurt one another. Deeply. He was an angry disciplinarian. I was a horribly rebellious child. You can imagine the rest. Fortunately, we found mutual forgiveness several decades before he died — for ourselves and...
Mindful Self-Care: Accepting Gifts with Gratitude
Wednesday’s blog mentioned that I’ve received unexpected gifts during this time of uncertainty, and I quoted Etty Hillesum. Here’s another Hillesum quote I love: “As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes...
“Where Does Your Forgiveness End?” – My Interview with Phil Cousineau
I am honored to introduce today's guest, Phil Cousineau. Phil is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, teacher, editor, travel leader, storyteller and TV host. We will be discussing a range of topics,...
Mindful Self-Care: Re-Focusing, Re-Inventing, Re-Engaging and Re-Connecting
"FEEL HAPPY" - created by a child in our neighborhood I’ve been given unexpected gifts. Time to Re-Focus Sure. Sometimes my monkey mind spins out of control. You probably know what that is like. But when it does, I keep...
Personal Transformation: Lessons of an Interrupted Life
Yesterday morning, Ed and I rose early to go grocery shopping, for the first time taking advantage of the one early-morning hour our neighborhood grocery store has set aside for seniors to shop before the store opens for the...