Caroline Penfield

May 26
4 min

On Humility and Roots

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein has always been one of my favorite books. I love the simple illustrations paired with the way Silvers...

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Caroline Penfield

Apr 17
3 min

Redefining Community

Living in community is something I have taken for granted most of my life. My parents raised me with a strong sense of community, always ...

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Caroline Penfield

Mar 23
2 min

How to Love A Place Like This

This past January I had the incredible opportunity to journey through the South with the Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellows, following th...

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Caroline Penfield

Feb 17
4 min

Impermanence: A Resolution

So, here we are, at the start of 2020. A new year, a new decade. There is a lot of pressure associated with every new year. And to be hon...

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Caroline Penfield

Nov 19, 2019
3 min

God, our Mother

My mom is really cool. An alumna of Little Rock Central High School and a very small liberal arts college in Louisiana, she raised two gi...

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Caroline Penfield

Nov 6, 2019
3 min

Taste and See

When I started doing interfaith work a year ago, I had no idea what I was doing. I thought that interfaith was a confusing and convoluted...

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