Lessons in Grief: 3, 4, and 23 Years Later
Monday marked the 3rd anniversary of the death of our son. Unable to fall asleep, I found myself crying in the middle of the night. […]
Discovering Myself: An Ugly Duckling Fairytale for Grown-ups
Kate’s Journal (a white diary with duckling on the front held closed by a tiny gold lock) November 18, 1983 (10 years old) Kids are […]
Finding God is Bigger in Our Sorrows
“Aslan,” said Lucy, “you’re bigger.” “That is because you are older, little one,” answered he. “Not because you are?” “I am not. But every year […]
Sanctification as a Journey and a Conversation: Iron Sharpens Iron
I have been thinking through a lot of questions lately. Are we no longer a society that can agree to disagree? Can we respect a […]
Sunday is Coming
My yard is beginning to burst with color. The daffodils are blooming as are the forsythia. My favorite, the lilacs, are just about ready to […]
Lord, Enlarge My Territory
Some of the greatest moments of my life have been those moments that have existed outside my comfort zone. High school spring musicals College Leadership […]
Personal Doctrine
I was raised in a United Methodist Church, but I haven’t attended one in many years. I went through my searching phase in college, and […]
Heart of Entitlement
Lazarus, Jesus’ good friend, has died. His sisters are mourning. A town is mourning. Jesus is mourning. And then the comments come. But some of […]
Dreams Deferred Rise Up
If weeks had themes, this one would have been “Dreams.” I’m reading Carry On, Mr. Bowditch with my 4th grade students. It’s a biographical fiction novel […]
Resurgam: I Shall Rise Again
I came across the word resurgam in The Bronte Plot (Katherine Raey) as quoted from Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte). I immediately looked it up to […]