Apr 7Member-onlyWindblownIn early April, the dandelions shout! — There is a churchyard in central North Carolina, roughly an hour east of Charlotte, where, in early spring, the lawn is sewn entirely in dandelions. …Christianity2 min read
Apr 2Member-onlyPierced by LoveLiving a life of love requires nothing less than letting go. — It was a large stone; about the size of a slightly flattened egg. There were a dozen pits covering its surface. I scooped it off the shore and held it up to the sunlight, squeezing one eye shut to focus on each hole. I sighed. Not one hole went clear…Faith3 min read
Apr 1Member-onlyLoving Messily in a Messy WorldLife, faith, and parenting are so much harder than I thought they would be. — There is a moment almost every single day when I find that all of the training that I have ever done in my life isn’t enough. Not nearly enough. I am a mother of several children. Today, at my oldest daughter’s gymnastics class, I had the profound joy of watching…Parenting4 min read
Feb 6Life is a Lot…Be a Little BraveLife is hard. Help when you can. Hide when you must. — Theology is procrastination. But the studying God is not a goal. It is a tool. It shows the way forward, through the doctrines and the definitions, out, to the other. The one who is not you. Whom we have been commanded to love. As we love ourselves. Jesus says the…Helping Others3 min read
Feb 2What I No Longer SeeFinding meaning in the overlooked smudges of life. — I no longer see the mirrored medicine cabinet with the crystal doorknob that was on the wall in my daughter’s room. It is sitting in the hall where I put it the last time we redid the kids’ rooms. …Parenting3 min read
Jan 26The Danger of ReadingI taught my children to love reading, but I didn’t tell them about character loss. — There isn’t anything I can say to defend myself. When my oldest child was a toddler, I made a conscious choice. I wanted him (and eventually them) to be steeped in puddles of words. Not conversations, I’m not good at those. I wanted my children to be soaked in words…Reading3 min read
