the remind{h}er podcast

Today, I’m offering a simple reading of one of Jesus’ teachings on prayer, found in the middle of the Sermon on the Mount. As I read, you’re invited to listen in and notice what you notice. Once the …

It’s interesting to consider what makes a bad day, bad. What makes a good day, good. To mark the circumstances that contribute to what we would consider a good or bad life. It’s also interesting to c…

Today, as we slowly begin to settle into new routines after perhaps a slower, more spacious summer, I’m offering a simple reading of the Beatitudes, found at the very beginning of Jesus’ Sermon on th…

I've been reminded recently that natural light makes a difference. Sunlight aids growth. It improves mental and physical health. It enhances overall well-being. Good, natural light helps us flourish.…

One thing I’m discovering these days is how necessary it is for me to remember God’s goodness. When the turmoil and chaos and bad news swirl, the goodness of God holds me steady and keeps me sane. No…

There is much in our world and in our lives that can feel like damaged goods—broken hearts, broken people, broken relationships, systems, and communities. And amid those broken realities, it can be e…

Today, I am offering a simple reading of a familiar passage. It’s a passage often read at weddings; but at its core, it’s really a reminder of what matters most, in the middle of it all. I find I nee…

Alright, friends, today we are finally marking five years of the remind{h}er podcast. On April 1, 2020, the very first episode released into the world, and even though it’s a few weeks late, I’m exci…

If you are listening in real time, next week is Holy Week, a week when we remember, observe, and follow Jesus’ journey to the cross before we celebrate the good news of Easter.

With that in mind, tod…

In her book, You Could Make This Place Beautiful, author and poet Maggie Smith writes,

“How I picture it: We are all nesting dolls, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside. We carry the …

A reset can be helpful in lots of different circumstances, and a reset can look lots of different ways. For some of us, it looks like tidying up a living space or cleaning out a closet. Sometimes it …

When there is work to do, ground to cover, progress to make, we tend to want to get moving as quickly and efficiently and significantly as possible. We are bound and determined to make it happen, wha…

So often, at least in my experience, we cling so tightly to our plans, agendas, timelines, strategies, and deadlines. We easily become hyper-focused on a desired outcome. Anxiety, pressure, and bitte…

I don’t know for sure about you, but if my read on our current reality is even a little bit accurate, I imagine we could all use a collective deep breath right now. And so today, as we’ve done here o…

How do we keep going when life and faith and work are so hard and heavy?

I'm learning that sometimes, the brave decision to keep going might actually look like taking a break. Like opening ourselves …

As we begin a new year, let's look both ways.

Not left and right, east and west. But backward and forward. Ahead and behind.

Both are important. And I’m learning that if we only focus our attention a…

There is so much going on in our world that is heavy and hard. And it can be difficult to know how to approach it all, address it all, hold it all. It’s all so very overwhelming. If we want to be a p…

In the context of life and faith, it can be easy to lose sight of the main thing. It can be easy to live distracted, disordered, disoriented. Like you hear over and over again on this podcast—it can …

Acknowledging and accepting our actual, lived-in lives and experience is often much easier said than done. It’s like our if-only’s become our what-should-be’s—how we should feel, what we should do, t…

In today's episode, we're considering what it means to practice courage.

Sometimes courage can look like a big, grand gesture, a response to literal life-or-death threats and danger. That kind of cou…