As a child, I recall watching one of the Mad Max movies with vibrant clarity. The finer points of the plot lay beyond the scope of my young mind, but …
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A Very Gen X Advent Tale
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. -Luke 1:41 I am a child of …
Poetry, God, & Artificial Intelligence
Lately, I write poems in the kitchen, waiting for sauces to thicken. I tap out poems on trails by the river while my daughter dances and sings in her …
Merry Christmas
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 …
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; …
