Sometimes reading Scripture feels like I am joining a conversation that is half-way through. References are made that apparently make sense to the original audience, but I am left feeling like I just missed something. I have also found…

  Being a parent has opened my eyes to many things and widened my experience of the world.  I’ve said phrases that I never thought I’d say, such as, “Why is there peanut butter on the toilet seat?”  I’ve heard…

  Shaken. Life, health, loss, doubts—any of these can shake us to the core. Being shaken is unsettling, disorienting, and does not come to resolution quickly. For a season of undetermined length, one struggles with upheaval. I have been in…

  This week I was surprised. I had just finished mowing the yard and slapped the dust off my clothing. I didn’t have time to take a shower. It was already lunchtime and I had nothing started. I finished putting…