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 …
god’s dream for us is revolution
“Good morning, Revolution: You're the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on.” -Langston Hughes Some …
celebrating passover and remembering true joy
Last night I flitted about in the grocery store, buying supplies to make our Seder dinner. I searched out bitter herbs, unleavened bread, an egg, some …
the most important question: a lesson from the Dollhouse family
Everything is going to be okay. Really.I sat on the shaggy brown rug of my daughter's room playing dollhouse with her."You set up the bedrooms and …
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when you fail as a mother
You become a mother when you hold fresh life, all limp and exhausted from its womb journey, and you think, "I will keep you safe and make your life …
chinese spaghetti
Yesterday I drove to central Austin to pick up a Chinese woman we are hosting in our home this week.I was a little nervous.I really knew very little …
married to the ministry
Being in the ministry was not really part of my plan. The plan was to be a designer/artist/decorator/shop owner. I was working a dream job with a …
shaved heads
When I was a teenager, one of my younger cousins, Michael, was diagnosed with leukemia. Like most cancer patients, he lost his hair during treatment. …
holy walls
The words, they sound like a truckload of bricks,Dropped in the lap, unexpected and unknown. What to build with these statements, fragments, and …
