Some time ago I featured Heatherlyn during a Music Monday post. She and her husband Jason may be one of my greatest inspirations for living simply and for following my wildest dreams. They “get it” – that life is not about what you own or where you go, but instead life is about being the [ Read More ]
We are looking for people who are willing to post the initial posts for our Virtual Book Club conversations. One of the goals of Soul Munchies is to create a community of dialogue, so we’re hoping that by increasing the number of contributors on the site, we’ll help make that community a reality. The first [ Read More ]
A little over a week ago I referred to a new experiment and promised more details soon. Maybe it was a spiritual disciplines small group I’ve been a part of, or maybe it was Monkey Town, or maybe it was Present Perfect, or perhaps it was a combination of these three and many other factors, but D and [ Read More ]

D & I are now the proud sponsors of not just one Compassion child, but TWO. That’s right. We fell so in love with Jose at first sight that we decided to Sponsor Amiru too. Amiru is 3 and is from Ethiopia, and we are already completely in love with him as well. Being new [ Read More ]

Some time ago I featured Heatherlyn during a Music Monday post. She and her husband Jason may be one of my greatest inspirations for living simply and for following my wildest dreams. They “get it” – that life is not about what you own or where you go, but instead life is about being the [ Read More ]

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka My rating: 4 of 5 stars There aren’t a ton of books out there that deal with the tough topic of the Japanese-American Internment camps during World War II. This is a wonderful novel that uses the story of a family to highlight the injustice that occurred [ Read More ]

D & I are now the proud sponsors of not just one Compassion child, but TWO. That’s right. We fell so in love with Jose at first sight that we decided to Sponsor Amiru too. Amiru is 3 and is from Ethiopia, and we are already completely in love with him as well. Being new [ Read More ]

Some time ago I featured Heatherlyn during a Music Monday post. She and her husband Jason may be one of my greatest inspirations for living simply and for following my wildest dreams. They “get it” – that life is not about what you own or where you go, but instead life is about being the [ Read More ]

As a Lutheran, I hear the phrase law & gospel quite frequently. One of the great things that is happening because of our experiment is a wrestling with “the law” that we’ve created for ourselves. Many thanks to those of you who have challenged our “list of rules” as being contradictory to the simple life. [ Read More ]

D & I are now the proud sponsors of not just one Compassion child, but TWO. That’s right. We fell so in love with Jose at first sight that we decided to Sponsor Amiru too. Amiru is 3 and is from Ethiopia, and we are already completely in love with him as well. Being new [ Read More ]

D and I had the joy of spending last week in downtown Knoxville with 20 youth and 1 other adult from our own congregation as well as youth and adults from St. John’s Lutheran Church, Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church, and Christ the King Lutheran Church for WOW 2010. As part of WOW, we stay [ Read More ]

A little over a week ago I referred to a new experiment and promised more details soon. Maybe it was a spiritual disciplines small group I’ve been a part of, or maybe it was Monkey Town, or maybe it was Present Perfect, or perhaps it was a combination of these three and many other factors, but D and [ Read More ]

Some time ago I featured Heatherlyn during a Music Monday post. She and her husband Jason may be one of my greatest inspirations for living simply and for following my wildest dreams. They “get it” – that life is not about what you own or where you go, but instead life is about being the [ Read More ]

As I listened to this song a few weeks ago, I heard something different than I ever had before. If I had the chance to ask Michael Jackson what he meant by this song, I think he would say he hoped it would remind us of just how broken we all are. And maybe he [ Read More ]

It’s been chaotic and busy here in Knoxville, so I apologize for the delay in this post! This song is one that has always been near and dear to my heart. Yesterday our Bible study surrounded this song – we talked about the importance of uniting with one another in the midst of our differences [ Read More ]