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 …
Funny Letterboard Friday is So Anti-social Now
It's finally Friday, which means we are one week closer to the end of 2020. Are you as desperate as I am to shed 2020 like a bad outfit? To kick it …
why I’m ghosting on social media
“In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the Lord. And Abel also presented an offering—some of the …
4 lessons from 2020
2020 has been so...enlightening. At some point in mid-April, I sat at the dinner table, with a plate full of some sort of crazy recipe I had never …
how to find your purpose in the pandemic
Today my phone rang and when I looked at the screen, I was surprised to see that it wasn't a robot calling me to sell me an extended warranty on the …
the durag of belonging
One day a year or two ago, a friend posted a funny meme about durags and it sparked a conversation between us in the comments. I can’t remember how …
You Are Doing Great
Once upon a time, I had four children under five years old. In those days, some tiny person was always waking me up in the middle of the …
