Family
Family life is holy ground — and it is also exhausting, complicated, and full of surprises. These posts explore what it looks like to live out faith in the middle of it all: in the car with kids asleep in the back seat, in the rhythms of Advent and Christmas, in the grief of loss and the practice of presence, in the invisible labor of love that rarely gets named. Whether you’re a parent, a partner, a sibling, a caregiver, or just someone trying to figure out what it means to belong to one another — there is something here for you.
The jail we are all in
Photo credit: http://www.freeimages.com/photo/prison-1201356 I spend most of time going through life assuming that I am basically a good person who is OK with God. But,…
On practicing Christian hospitality
My husband and I recently made the difficult decision to open our guestroom to a family experiencing homelessness in our community. We heard about a…
Bread, art and a kindergarten heart
“NO! I HATE this part of the bread! I won’t eat it!” My daughter had just realized that her peanut butter and honey toast was made…
In God’s Image: Finding Jesus in the Mundane Mess of Motherhood
“Your loving doesn’t know its majesty, until it knows its helplessness.” – Rumi “Pretty bad day here – I think if parenting was something one…
This complicated, imperfect world: an essay
I have always been hesitant to rock the boat; to challenge another’s opinion. As much as I would like to think otherwise, I don’t often get my…
Being a companion through the mystery of suffering
I’ve never had any training in hospital chaplaincy, and I know little about medicine. Like many people, I feel awkward and uncomfortable around suffering. I…
Our hidden illness
My daughter has asthma. People often express their condolences when the subject comes up but—the truth is—it’s really not a big deal. I grew up…
Unprofessional
I recently observed an online discussion in which a full-time church minister who had just become a new mother was lamenting the fact that she…