What’s going on in your life these days, dear reader? Like many, I am working from home. And probably like many, I hesitate before turning to my preferred news sites in the morning. I tell myself I need to stay on top of what’s going on in the world. But then another part of me […]
Learning From Our Anxiety
More than ever before in our lives, we, and the world around us, feel steeped in anxiety. For most of us, though, life has given us many experiences that have resulted in anxious responses in us. And isn’t it interesting, that we don’t really think of it as something we can manage and reduce to […]
Gender Roles – What the Church Ladies Knew
Growing up in a small farming town during the 1960’s and 70’s, I was mildly aware of the work feminists at the time were engaged in. More than any feminist headlines of the day, however, I was influenced by some fairly strict gendered guidelines that provided the counterpoint to the progressive ideals of the time. […]