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October 2015

October 26, 2015

On Marriage, Church, and Sticking Around When Things Get Hard

In both marriages and churches, sometimes the challenge is to stay in the aftermath of...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

Natural Family Planning Isn’t the Only Ethical Option for Christians: Why I Chose an IUD

As I cradled my third newborn in his first hours of life, I was seized...

July 2014

July 22, 2014

The Tenacious Brilliance of a Long Marriage

In recognition of my and Daniel's 17th wedding anniversary this weekend, I'm reposting this piece,...

July 14, 2014

A Letter to My 16-Year-Old Self

To my 16-year-old self: When people tell you that your scars are a kind of...

February 2014

February 14, 2014

On Valentine’s Day, Love (Not Romance) is What Matters

Our Valentine's Day celebrations are even more pathetic understated than usual this year. Many years, Daniel...

February 05, 2014

Lessons from the Renovation

Our kitchen renovation has been going on for one entire day, and I'm already tired...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

Our Home’s Resurrection Continues with a Kitchen Renovation

Next week, we start a major kitchen renovation. I promise this will not morph into...

September 2013

September 13, 2013

Finding God at Rock Bottom

Karen Beattie and her husband went through a difficult few years. She was unexpectedly laid...

September 04, 2013

The Brilliance and Beauty of a Marriage, Lost (& Found) in the Mess of Everyday Life

My lost-then-found diamond has become a metaphor for our marriage—lasting and solid and brilliant even...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

[Snapshots from Oak Ridge] Married 16 Years Today

We fill our walls here on Oak Ridge Lane not with fine art (we have...

July 17, 2013

College Hookup Sex is Built on a Troubling Ethic of Achievement at Any Cost

After reading Kate Taylor’s New York Times article on the culture of casual hookup sex...

July 08, 2013

Resurrection Year: Learning to Live, and Thrive, with Life as It Is Given

Our Western cultural attitudes are not well-equipped for failure. We are a culture of optimists...

July 01, 2013

My Church Bells Rang in Celebration of DOMA’s Defeat

Last Thursday morning, the bells of my Episcopal church pealed to celebrate the Supreme Court's...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

Because He Cleans the Shower Drain: A Father’s Day Tribute

Sometimes I fall into the trap of believing that I already do everything anyway, that...

May 2013

May 06, 2013

How Mother’s Day 2006 Was the Beginning of the Rest of My Life

This is the story I told at this past weekend's inaugural Speak Up storytelling event...

February 2013

February 15, 2013

“Love and Salt”: Two Friends Seeking God with Mind and Heart

Love and Salt: A Spiritual Friendship in Letters is the kind of book that you...

November 2012

November 20, 2012

Why I am Grateful to Be an Episcopalian: Part 2 – Adventures in Church Shopping

Read Part 1 of this series here. My husband Daniel and I met at the...

November 19, 2012

Why I am Grateful to Be an Episcopalian: Part 1 – A Detour into Evangelicalism

Patheos has invited bloggers to reflect this month on what we are grateful for in...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

I Don’t Always Cherish Time with My Kids, But I Do Pay Attention

Last week, my oldest daughter had some oral surgery, and my sister sent us a...

October 12, 2012

On Writing, Reading, and Seeking Direction

I feel I owe regular readers of this blog an apology...or at minimum, an explanation....

August 2012

August 29, 2012

Lessons from Acadia

We just returned from a quick, relatively last-minute family trip to Acadia National Park and...

June 2012

June 06, 2012

That Darn Camel: Money Makes My Head Spin (But I Talk About It Anyway)

by Tim Fall This is the third of a series of five posts exploring money...

June 04, 2012

That Darn Camel: My Struggle with Tithing

"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye...

June 01, 2012

Patheos (& Other) Peeps: Katherine Willis Pershey on Marriage, Motherhood, and Ministry

Every Friday, I feature something written by one of my fellow bloggers at Patheos, a...

May 2012

May 25, 2012

Patheos (& Other) Peeps: Christian Piatt on Fatherhood, Anxiety, and Love That Longs for Expression

Every Friday, I feature something written by one of my fellow bloggers at Patheos, a...

May 24, 2012

This is What Love Looks Like

A mother, mother-in-law, aunt, grandmother, and great-grandmother dies, and we gather. We walk through Ruby's...

May 14, 2012

Two Posts I’m Not Going to Write

It is a constant bloggerly temptation to feel that I have to weigh in on...

February 2012

February 14, 2012

A New Wedding Ring for Valentine’s Day

In honor of Valentine's Day, I'm re-posting this essay that appeared last year on my...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

10 Favorite Blog Posts from 2011

I thought I'd join the blogger bandwagon and finish up my week of year-end lists...