Bonnie Keen

“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.”  ―Amy Carmichael

only people last.

all of us make a mark in a million different ways, in a million different directions.

beauty-marks.  beauty will mark.

it's autumn in Tennessee and leaves are making a slow turn this

This tall girl likes to dialogue. I love hearing well written dialogue from brilliant playwrights. I love a well-crafted song lyric – I read 4 or 5 books at the same time (which drives my husband nuts). One of my favorite things in life is ‘coffee talk’ with my daughter. Presently we manage to have our coffee talk time online, long distance thanks to the Internet. I’m fascinated with the group of authors including C.S. Lewis and Tolkien who met at pubs in London to dialogue about dialogue! What I’d give to have been a fly on the wall as they imagined Narnia and Hobbits and heavenly places beyond this world. Lately I find myself praying for a new dialogue, a dialogue long overdue. I pray God will open a place for the Church to dialogue with people who have been, for the most part, uninvited to the table: those who...