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 …
How Loving Yourself is Bananas
"I pray not only for these, but also for those who believe in me through their word. May they all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. …
How to Get a Gift From God
“They had hardly arrived when a Canaanite woman came down from the hills and pleaded, ‘Mercy, Master, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly afflicted …
How to Birth a New Kind of Christmas
It's been so many years now since I spent my days with a human foot attempting to dislodge one of my ribs and the weight of a baby's head caused me to …