Family
Family life is holy ground and it is also exhausting, complicated, and full of surprises. These posts explore what it looks like to live out faith in the middle of it all: in the car with kids asleep in the back seat, in the rhythms of Advent and Christmas, in the grief of loss and the practice of presence, in the invisible labor of love that rarely gets named. Whether you’re a parent, a partner, a sibling, a caregiver, or just someone trying to figure out what it means to belong to one another there is something here for you.
Freedom songs
Selma has been on my mind lately. With the passing of John Lewis, my social media feed has been flooded with photos of him standing…
Lessons learned in liminal spaces
this is the space of chrysalis– of break-downs & becoming something something better something more true (we hope, we imagine) this is the crazy time…
Has social distancing put us in a double pandemic?
About four years ago, before any of us had been encouraged to practice social distancing because of the coronavirus pandemic, I moved to the Northwoods…
We need each other, not more consumption
Every year around this time, companies ramp up marketing campaigns that do their best to connect contentment with consumerism. Feeling lonely? Buy a candy cane…
Encouragement when the world feels like a mess
If you’re like me — and most people I know — the world feels like a mess. Maybe you’re heartbroken and horrified by the latest…
Missed connections and lonely souls
Once, while traveling home alone from a conference, I went to the airport early. I had some free time, and I was hoping to catch…
In the Christian journey’s four seasons, “All Shall be Well”
For a year of my life, I lived in Northern California, where the seasons felt all out of order, the rhythm of nature a mess…
Parent in training: a review of “Bless This Mess”
My five-month-old just fell asleep. Now I have anywhere from 20 minutes to two hours to “get something done.” This phenomenon of sporadic, indefinite hands-free…
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