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July 2015

July 18, 2015

Suspicions Confirmed: Local Volunteer Does Not, In Fact, Have a Life

I've been on a wonderful family vacation and recovering from the whirlwind end of the school...

May 2015

May 06, 2015

Church is for Misfits

As people aligned with a God who promises to do new things among us, to...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

What It Means to Belong to a Church

When we moved from D.C. to Connecticut, we hoped to find a new community that...

October 2014

October 09, 2014

Four Important Things to Understand About Volunteers (from a Mom Who Volunteers Too Much)

Lately I’m being eaten alive by everything on my to-do list. It’s hard to communicate...

August 2014

August 05, 2014

On Episcopalian Rules (or, Why Episcopalians Rule)

Last weekend, my husband and I drove to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to pick our daughter Leah up from...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

Can Hospitality Be Too “Scruffy”?

Several years ago, when I was invited to speak at a conference, a friend (who...

June 17, 2014

Why Church is Important (One Reason, Anyway)

Perhaps part of me thinks that to be worthwhile, prayer and Bible study have to...

June 12, 2014

Revitalizing Churches and Communities the “Slow Church” Way

After years of driving south to visit my husband's family in North Carolina, our family...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

How My Daughter (“the Mensch”) Taught Me About God’s Love

Saturday night, as we drove south on Route 9 in the rainy twilight, a billboard...

January 2014

January 07, 2014

Deep in a Place of Exile, Waiting for the Return

I don't much like when people I care about are deep in the "exile" part...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Passing on the Faith: Community Trumps Theology

In church choir, my children are learning what it means not just to go to...

October 2012

October 26, 2012

Why We Take Our Kids to Church…Even When It’s a Hassle

Several years ago, I wrote a blog post titled "Confessions of a Church-Skipping Mom." At...