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August 2018

August 15, 2018

Maya Angelou’s Caged Bird and Me

But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings —Paul Lawrence Dunbar, “Sympathy” I...

November 2015

November 04, 2015

Listening to a Stranger’s Story

I am boarding a plane to Detroit, and so is she, her thick coat falling...

April 2015

April 10, 2015

Prayer in Five Parts

“Prayer…is always available to us.” –St. Seraphim of Sarov I I sit atop my red...

June 2014

June 20, 2014

Maya Angelou’s Caged Bird and Me

But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings —Paul Lawrence Dunbar, “Sympathy” I...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

Walking Toward Forgiveness

Outside our trailer park, a set of railroad tracks ran from east to west, dividing...

December 2013

December 12, 2013

Writing My Mother’s Icon

Blessed Santa Barbara, / Your story is written in the sky, / With paper and...

October 2013

October 17, 2013

Honor Thy Mother

It came to me one quiet afternoon, a couple weeks after we were home from...

June 2013

June 11, 2013

The Mystery Inside Me

For the past nine months, I feel like I’ve been at a standstill. A place...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

Why We Can’t Look Away

The morning I learned about the women in Cleveland, I knew from a single headline...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

Partaking and Passing On: The Work of Luci Shaw

The world is not with us—enough. O taste and see. –Denise Levertov, “Taste and See”...

April 09, 2013

She Will Not Live a Small Life

And all were guests. —Naomi Shihab Nye, “Arabic Coffee” The first thing that struck me...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

Seeking and Sought by God

I did not enter a church until I was in third grade. My friend Vicky,...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

The Way of a Pilgrim

When it comes to music, I am a lover of routine. My iTunes playlists are...

February 07, 2013

Becoming Both Daughter and Mother

Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don’t know how strong we are until we...

December 2012

December 24, 2012

St. Linus the Evangelist

An Encore Post ABC recently ran its annual showing of A Charlie Brown Christmas, one...

December 05, 2012

Life and Longing in Laramie

Dust…flies free for a moment, then returns, leisurely, to the habitual road—that bruised string which...

November 2012

November 02, 2012

Listening to a Stranger’s Story

I am boarding a plane to Detroit, and so is she, her thick coat falling...

October 2012

October 14, 2012

Mending Our Mother-Daughter Story

I finally saw Brave this past weekend, and I can definitely say that I had...

September 2012

September 23, 2012

A Story About Beauty

I have my father’s hands I have my mother’s tongue I look for redemption in...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Orthodoxy and the Returns of Love

This summer marks the eleventh year of my conversion. I’ve spent the past eleven years...

August 09, 2012

Taming the Busy Trap

I’m emerging from one of the busiest seasons of my life. My wedding and a...

July 2012

July 19, 2012

A Holy Habitation for Life’s Story

May the Lord bless thee out of Zion; and so shalt thou behold the good...

June 2012

June 20, 2012

To See Her More Clearly

Growing up, my siblings and I were left on our own to figure out how...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Prayer in Five Parts

“Prayer…is always available to us.” –St. Seraphim of Sarov I I sit atop my red...