No Turning Back… 24 Jun 2012 | 02:33 am

“In Love With Naked Fred” 12 Feb 2012 | 09:48 am

They say being in love makes idiots of us.  I find the opposite is true.  REAL LOVE gives us nothing if not bright, sometimes blinding, clarity.  We know it when we see it, because it exposes everythi...

Habits – #3 1 Nov 2011 | 05:02 am

HABIT #3:  YOUR CHOICE IS YOUR VOICE I am not the sum of the voices that ring in my head, but rather the choices I make before bed. I am three hours into a 13-hour flight from San Francisco to Singa...

Habits – #2 29 Oct 2011 | 04:38 am

HABIT #2: DON’T KEEP OPPORTUNITIES WAITING The opportunity of a lifetime must be seized within the lifetime of the opportunity The time to act on anything is not a moment sooner or later than you ar...

Habits – #1 28 Oct 2011 | 01:35 am

Over the weekend, I spoke at a church in Palm Bay Florida.  I think I learned more than I taught about a blind man named Bartimaeus.  For the next week or so, I will be posting about him.   You can ch...

“Big Baby” by Michelle Jones 11 Oct 2011 | 09:51 am

As I write this column from the upstairs bedroom of my brother’s San Francisco loft, an argument ensues downstairs.  Pilar Brielle and Landon Asher—my 9-month-old godchildren—want what they want, and ...

“Beautiful” by Michelle Jones 2 Jun 2011 | 06:17 am

I woke up in my imagination this morning with the man I hope will be my husband one day.  He doesn’t actually exist, but I call him Naked Fred, for reasons I will explain on another day. From brow to...

“Coming Clean” by Michelle Jones 17 Apr 2011 | 11:08 am

Are you one of those people who gives your teeth an extra good brush and floss when you have to see the dentist?  Do you wash the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher, or tidy up before the ho...

Psalt for My Wounds – #2 by Michelle Jones 8 Feb 2011 | 09:05 am

To every sister or brother who has forgotten to care for me, there is One whose thoughts of me number the sands of the sea.  He knows and numbered every hair on my head.  He considered me an eternity ...

Stop Smashing the Angels! by Michelle Jones 5 Feb 2011 | 11:42 am

My mother seemed pretty average to me for most of my life.  Like many she cooked, worked, and expected chores and good grades in return for lodging my siblings and me in her uterus for 9 months and th...