Yesterday was my birthday. I know our youth-obsessed culture says we’re supposed to feel like this about our grown-up birthdays: But I generally …
what happens after you sign a book deal
{the questions & the silence} I have had the loveliest time telling my friends about my book deal. I have had several friends tell me they …
the life-changing magic of clinging to joy
'"What has been is what will be,and what has been done is what will be done,and there is nothing new under the sun.Is there a thing of which it is …
i got a book deal, you guys
Several years ago, I wrote a book. Then I wrote a proposal for it. A wonderful agent agreed to represent me (Hi Jessie!). For almost a whole year, no …
hungry
Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So …
a christmas dare
Today it starts. The best four days of the year. The days that we can taste Christmas coming in the children’s happiness and hope and the smiles …
christmas thoughts and traditions
This is the first Christmas in over a decade I haven't bought a set of Legos as a gift. Bob Dylan was right. The times they are …
where’d you go, November?
Today it occurred to me that it had been a couple of weeks since I wrote a post. I rarely skip a week of writing something here, but apparently, I've …
the distance between silence and love
Last week I woke up and cranked out a cup of coffee for myself before the day's responsibilities lined up to receive their proper attention. I had …
jesus take the wheel of our moldy car
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are …
the secret about love
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life …
when everything falls apart & you are so exhausted
"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; …
