If you’re friends with me on Facebook, your Newsfeed has been clogged with pictures of my daughter’s college graduation. Oh, what a beautiful weekend we had in New York City celebrating with family and friends. We are so proud of her! After four years in the Bronx, she is now moving on to dental school […]
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This month’s Synchroblog is centered on Anger. Here’s the description: “Anger sometimes has a bad reputation. Some of us have been taught that anger is a negative emotion, something that should be squeezed out, prayed through, avoided. Others of us have been raised in families and churches that never allowed for expression of anger so […]
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One of the most tricky parts about shifting faith is wondering what it means for our kids. I wrote a post several years ago called kids & faith: what are we creating and recently shared a little bit more specifically about the kids & faith shifts in this me-just-talking-to-Travis-Reed video conversation on The Work of the […]
Read Morejune’s synchroblog is centered on “if i could tell myself one thing.” what advice we would give ourselves if we could go back 20 years? what do we know now that we wish we knew then? what is one thing that would have been helpful to consider? come back and check out the link list that […]
Read Morethis upcoming sunday is a happy day for a lot of women i know. breakfast in bed, no chores, flowers, handmade cards. i never want to dismiss the awesomeness of mothers and that they get a day of extra-special love for all their hard work day in and day out. for me, with 5 kids, […]
Read Morei had a typically schizophrenic week–running from deep conversations at the refuge to driving carpools, from 8 degree weather in colorado to 72 degrees in so. cal to share at a gathering of missional leaders, from paying the bills to talking to social workers to working on faith shift edits. on friday afternoon, i finished […]
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it’s mother’s day weekend in the USA, the time where a bunch of women feel special and extra-loved, and another group of women often don’t. like so many other holidays, many who feel great about it sometimes forget that there are others who really struggle this particular weekend. church is extra sucky if they make […]
Read More* remember this week i’m just archiving guest posts from other places over the past few months. you might have read them before. this one is from the amazing rachel held evans’ series on faith & parenting. i just realized that i somehow never responded to any of the comments over there (in my mind […]
Read Moreone more post before we get back to planting trees! my wise & inspiring blog friend sarah bessey is hosting a week-long parenting blog carnival centered around the practices of parenting. i rarely write about parenting here for the sake of my dear children who wouldn’t be too keen on me sharing a lot of […]
Read Morei ran across this american proverb a while back & then a dear friend gave it to me on a magnet for christmas: “let go or be dragged.” it is so appropriate in more ways than one, and now i see it first thing every morning when i get creamer for my coffee. i need […]
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