Life is full of pain and dissatisfaction, and we live in a society that tells us pain and dissatisfaction are bad. We try to make ourselves feel better with clothes, books, drinks, habits, and addictions. People, companies, and industries are making millions by feeding our sense of dissatisfaction and then selling us the “cure.” At…
As I fill my plate, the odds are stacked against me. Even with the aid of a forgiving waistband, I almost never lick the plate clean at Thanksgiving dinner. This celebration elevates the average dinner’s protein-vegetable-starch trifecta to an Olympic level. Why settle for one kind of potato when you can have baked, mashed, twice…
Dear friends, In about two weeks, we will celebrate one year of The Glorious Table. This past year we have watched you come and bravely take a seat with us. You have offered heartfelt encouragement, embraced our imperfect stories while sharing pieces of your own, and inspired us to keep coming back to the table….
“We rise by lifting others.” ~Robert Ingersoll “When I grow up, I want to be like Judy,” I told my friend Chris. I was lamenting my lack of progress in transforming into the perfect woman of God I had imagined. “When God is done fixing me, I want to be calm, quiet, and wise like…
Do you ever get the feeling something bad is about to happen? In my younger years, I loved to watch horror films. Something about the anticipation of disaster thrilled me. The innocent girl walking down the steps into a dimly lit basement. The fateful decision to enter the creepy woods while a killer is on…
We sat in our favorite bistro at a table we knew well. This coastal town had been our getaway for eight years. We used to say this was “our place” the same way a couple claimed “their song.” Only this time his hand didn’t reach across the table to hold mine. He couldn’t even…