by Ruth Verkaik | May 30, 2018 | Thinking, Writing
Remembering what life was like last year about this time… so thankful there are no boxes this year and rhythms and routines have found their grooves. Since life always brings change, I think “Rhythm Finder” sounds good on my resume, don’t you?!...
by Ruth Verkaik | May 4, 2018 | Books, Enneagram, Thinking
(This is your weekly Theological Thursday post but – on a FRIDAY!) What is the Enneagram?? It’s one of a vast number of personality systems and ways of seeing ourselves. Ann Bogel has a great book called Reading People with a chapter on the biggest of the...
by Ruth Verkaik | Apr 6, 2018 | Books, Thinking
To this date, I’ve not lost a parent to death. Though I can tell you there are other hard circumstances where one feels as if they lost their parents and that a funeral would be simpler to grieve. I met Kate for the first time at the Breathe Writers Conference. As...
by Ruth Verkaik | Feb 4, 2018 | Thinking, Writing
Evidently this has been going on since 2015 and I’ve had no idea there even was such a thing! You didn’t either?? Good. I don’t feel quite so late to the party. What is it? It stands for: International Correspondance Writing Month – much like...
by Ruth Verkaik | Feb 1, 2018 | Theology, Thinking
On a blustery and snowy 20 degree (and dropping) January day, it’s a perfect time to remember the warmth and beauty of September! Since 2009 each September-October, Grand Rapids breaks out in a colorful fever of sculpture, paintings and art! It’s...
