The latest from my blog

Last night, I was so bummed the sky was overcast. I really was. How is it that almost every night, I wander out and see stars, but when there's something over-the-top, like this "Christmas Star" or an eclipse, the sky always seems to be too cloudy to see it, even for...

Someone recently pointed out to me that the Magi didn't bow when they saw Herod. But they did, when they found Jesus, with His teenaged mama. Hmmm. I just want to hit pause, right there. We are living in a time when the governments of the world are trying to make...

Usually, as Christmas approaches, I feel this season speeding by me at hyper-speed, and I must some how hit the breaks and bring it to a slow crawl, or I will miss the glory of it all. This year I thought "What better way to slow the season than to muse on the Story...

In a year that feels like a plague, in a season of peri-menopausal flare-ups of deep depression, debilitating internal lies, and fits of unmerited rage, in a moment wafting between a hospital stay and a test to determine, a cloud of anguish lays low. But it's not for...

This has long been my family's favorite holiday (and honestly, even though it will only be the second time ever that we celebrate with just our kids, and this time only 2/3 of them, it's still my favorite). This year has been about stripping us down to what matters...

Ever since leaving the hospital, I have been on and off battling some pretty intense depression. I tell you that for two reasons. One, because sometimes it's good for others to see our weakness, and know their struggles are normal and don't disqualify any of us from...

A.W. Tozer wrote a small, but mighty book called "The Pursuit of God", which I am on my fifth-ish time reading. I have a sweet friend, named Alex, who frequents my back porch. We read books together, and then get together about once a week to discuss life's...

I met a girl named Katie in an airport once. She and I had a lot in common. We are both writers infatuated with Jesus, and also the story of Mary and Martha. She passed me a booklet she had written, giving me a glimpse of her own heart, and a deeper understanding of...

The whole world, or at least America, is in an upheaval right now.... and has for the entire year. But it didn't begin this year. For the past few weeks, my Bible reading has been a little like the world: Scattered. I'd read in Ephesians one day, come back to it the...

If you’re anything like me (or anyone else with a pulse), you are likely feeling anxious about this election.  I have a suspicion the whole, entire world is a little anxious about how tomorrow is going to turn out for America.  I have been doing a lot of...

I just feel like this might need said now more than ever... Church, we need each other! (Feel free to ignore this post, if you are not a Christian, because it doesn't apply to you... church gatherings are for, well, the Church, not the rest of the world). In a time of...

Yesterday, with a backdrop of vibrant trees, I posted myself on my porch swing, where I spend my mornings.  Good Book sprawled across the lap, I peered into the Source of wisdom and courage.   I have felt compelled to read Ephesians over and over...