June 12, 2017 I have a bad habit of limiting God. Humanity tends to do that. Rational people typically like to learn and reason until we think we have a handle on the Thing we’re struggling with, until we smash it into a too-small box and tire a bow around it, finally satisfied – but thenContinue reading “On Limiting God”
Monthly Archives: October 2017
7 Gratitudes: Giving Thanks in the In-between Spaces
May 19, 2017 We hold the key to lasting happiness in our own hands. For it is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful. — David Steindi-Rast, in Gratefulness, The Heart of Prayer I’ve felt a bit spiritually lost lately. I recently left my evangelical church for aContinue reading “7 Gratitudes: Giving Thanks in the In-between Spaces”
In the Quiet
April 20, 2017 I have always loved the quiet. I suppose that’s partly my natural preference and partly because I was raised on a farm on the outskirts of Small Town, Ohio. My family values life lived well and slow; we take our time and breathe deep on rainy days because the earth smells likeContinue reading “In the Quiet”
On Good Friday
April 14, 2017 It was the darkest day in all of history. The God-Man who had been dwelling on Earth for a little over 30 years was no more. His heart-wrenching question still rang through the minds of those who had been there, at the foot of the Cross: “My God, my God, why haveContinue reading “On Good Friday”
An Essay: Life Lesson from Water
March 1, 2017 I One of my earliest memories is sprinting across the yard in front of the old, white farmhouse I grew up in, dodging the cold water as my great-grandmother held her thumb over the end of the water hose, aiming right for me and my cousins. The water, still freezing from it’sContinue reading “An Essay: Life Lesson from Water”
On Inauguration Day: the path to healing
January 20, 2017 After the election in November, I wrote about radical love in a world that’s falling apart. I wrote about those of us who were – and are – scared, hurting, and confused by the outcome of the 2016 Presidential election. I wrote about the minorities among a majority which continues to ignore, invalidate,Continue reading “On Inauguration Day: the path to healing”
Holy Baptism & the breaking through of life
December 27, 2016 “Nothing can kill my faith.” She said it softly, fiercely, as her eyes searched mine in the middle of the hospital cafeteria. We were sitting in a building filled with doctors who specialize in cancer treatment, hands wrapped tight around coffee and soup, clinging to what we had in that moment – butContinue reading “Holy Baptism & the breaking through of life”
When you need to remember how to dream
December 12, 2016 For someone who finds herself in an anxiety-induced frenzy during the changing of seasons of life, I absolutely adore the changing of the seasons of weather. I love the thawing of the earth as Winter moves into Spring and new green life peeks through the mud when the rain finally stops poundingContinue reading “When you need to remember how to dream”
Radical love in a world that’s falling apart
November 13, 2016 This is not a political statement. This is a message of radical love. This world is broken. So incredibly and devastatingly broken. And because of this brokenness, there are people who are scared and worried about their futures. There are Black people who feel invalidated in a society that still clings toContinue reading “Radical love in a world that’s falling apart”
Change is Coming
October 11, 2016 I first heard it as the summer drew to a close, as I ordered my textbooks for my last year of college, and as the sunset came earlier and earlier. I heard the still, small voice in my heart – and I thought I knew what He meant. I thought that HeContinue reading “Change is Coming”
