By nature, I suck at solitude. I'm one of those loud, noisy, always singing, always talking to myself people. Ask my younger brother--When we were kids, I heard the phrase "Shut up, Susette" in the backseat of our car more times than you can imagine. ('You mean you DON'T want me to sing the Newsies soundtrack on repeat during a four hour car ride? How could this be?'). In my 20s, I would drive myself crazy looking for things to do, so that I wouldn't have to be alone in my

How do we experience freedom? I silently ask this question every day, hourly for my clients, and probably 10x per day for myself. I guess it's not a question that I ask with words as it's a deep gut longing, inside my stomach somewhere. It's a desire that's too deep for words. Ruth Haley Barton talks about longing and desire as a starting point to developing our prayer lives and spiritual transformation. When was the last time you felt it--your own longing, that is? Your l