The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had seen and heard, which were just as they had been told. Luke 2:20 Is …
On Christmas Traditions
I saw a photo from Christmas 2006 last week, in which my three oldest children all fit on one little ride-on toy car. Given that those boys are all …
On Showing Up Grateful
On one of the last days before Thanksgiving break, a teenage child left my house happy because the thought of a whole week off danced ahead, a …
On Pain and Unexpected Births
I knew a woman once who became very sick one day at work. She left to go home but instead headed to the emergency room because she felt so horrible. …
On Beginning Again
I’ve been writing the same novel for about five years. At the rate I'm going, it may take me five more to publish it. I have begun it, trashed it, and …
three things to help us when everything is bananas
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.But the greatest of these is love." –1 Corinthians 13:13 Can we all agree that everything is …
Love & Restlessness
My husband and I took a long walk the other night. Two days before, our temperatures were below freezing, but the air was slightly warmer on this …
Palm Trees and Pandemics
I love the story of Deborah for a few months now. Morgan and I preached about her two years ago (you can listen in here), and Deborah has not fallen …
how to be like God
Sometimes I sit in the quiet and imagine Eve walking in the cool of the morning with the God in whose image she was made and the man whose body was …
mary: filled to overflowing
When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, …
Spiritual Pregnancy & Appliance Pandemics
"All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; …
How to Play Hard to Get With Christmas
Last year, our family made a pilgrimage to a Christmas tree farm outside Austin to cut down a tree. This was our first time attempting this …