When my daughters were younger, they played basketball. One afternoon, the week before Christmas, my wife and I sat...
Archive for year: 2020
The Spiritual Lessons of the Movie, “White Christmas”
White Christmas is a film my family has watched together since my girls were toddlers. It includes Bing Crosby’s...
Decorating the Tree with Gratitude: Ornaments and the Practice of Self-Reflection
Decorating the holiday Christmas tree can be a great family activity. When our daughters were young, we designed an...
I Want to Be Remembered for This

I Want to be Remembered for This by Trudy Boyle Four years ago, when I was baking special...
Blind Spots by Trudy Boyle One afternoon, according to an old Sufi tale, Nasruddin and his friend were...
Taking the Mystique Out of Coping
Well. Here we are. Many of us in the US didn’t get much sleep on Tuesday night and are...
The World is Not Just Crazy. It’s Crazier Than That.
It’s a crazy time to be alive. Do you ever have that thought? Or the thought . . ....
Laughter is Good Medicine

Laughter is Good Medicine by Trudy Boyle There isn’t much to laugh at when it comes to cancer, heart...