Understanding we are Worthy, Capable, Connected, and Called to Adventure for a more Joyful and Resilient Life
Resilience is important, and it matters for everyone. You are probably somewhat familiar with this term already. Resilience is a capacity (or a virtue) that helps us to handle challenges and bounce back from adversity. What is especially interesting about resilience is that it is documented by research. And research suggests that resilience is a… Continue reading Why Resilience Matters for Everyone
I have an important blog update! I have renamed my blog Resilient and More. A Quick Story about My Blog I have been blogging for close to ten years now, and it has been such a meaningful process full of growth and discovery. Thank you to all of you who have read my posts and… Continue reading An Important Blog Update–I have a New Blog Name
Hello, I’m Shelly, and I have a lot of evangelical grief. (Please pardon the re-posting of this post--I accidentally deleted it.) I don’t think I am alone in this. So, I thought I would write a blog post about it. Perhaps in writing this, other people who feel evangelical grief like I do won’t feel… Continue reading My Evangelical Grief
I care about being a just person. I’m sure you do, too. People disagree about what justice is exactly. For instance, some people equate justice merely with obeying the law of the land. However, that can’t be what justice is because sometimes the laws of the land are evil, for instance in cases of slavery… Continue reading How to Know if You are Truly Just: A Lesson from Socrates
This blog post title “How to Survive the End of the World” is probably the most click-bait blog post title I have ever written. (You can see this blog post for the one with the least click-bait title: Hegel was Right. We Need the Dialectic.) But I have specifically chosen this title because most of… Continue reading How to Survive the End of the World
Love is Stronger will be back in 2025! Dear All: I am taking my annual holiday writing break and plan to be back in the New Year. See you soon, and I hope you have a beautiful holidays season.
Is your life filled with enchantment? I did a quick Google search of the word enchantment, and Google defines it this way: Usually I fill in my drawings with watercolors and then scan them. But I am without my usual tools of the trade currently, so I'm going old school. That sounds about right. But… Continue reading Cultivating Everyday Enchantment
All of us find ourselves in places of grief at various times in our life, and we might wonder if we will ever find hope again. Recently, a friend posted a meme that read “To grieve and lament is an act of hope.” This quote startles me. Maybe it does you, too. After all, we… Continue reading Grief and Hope
I have been thinking this morning about the most important voting value. For the last few weeks, I have wanted to write about voting and values, but I haven’t known quite what to write about. Initially, I thought about writing about how I am trying to vote my values this election, but you probably don’t… Continue reading The Most Important Voting Value
The other day, I found a bumblebee asleep on a flower. At the beginning of the school year, I had a lot of flowers in bloom in my garden. So, I decided to take some to school to have on my desk in my office. So, I went outside in the morning to cut some… Continue reading Bumblebee Asleep on a Flower: a Whimsical Watercolor