by Ruth Verkaik | Sep 20, 2018 | Theology, Thinking
It started in third grade. Her two “BFFs” from the neighborhood (sisters) demanded that she give back the necklace proclaiming their friendship because they didn’t all end up in the same class together. She was devastated, so hurt that the friendship...
by Ruth Verkaik | Sep 17, 2018 | Books, Thinking
From the Back Cover: Julia Child singlehandedly awakened America to the pleasures of good cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she didn’t know the...
by Ruth Verkaik | Aug 23, 2018 | Creativity, Theology, Thinking
I can’t believe it’s done, but summer officially is over. Yesterday, the busses came and all three of my backpack-laden creative people got on and left. For the first time, I wasn’t ready. Oh, I had all the school supplies collected and labeled, but I still had more...
by Ruth Verkaik | Jun 7, 2018 | Theology, Thinking, Writing
It hit me today. Summer break starts next week. I knew in my head it was coming – my planner and list of things to do have been screaming at me for quite some time. But today it really hit me. How am I going to keep this habit of creative thinking through the...
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...
