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September 2018

September 27, 2018

Writing Rules for Life

For my forty-first birthday, I decided to write a personal rule of life. Turning forty...

June 2018

June 28, 2018

For the Love of Money

My husband and I took a spring break trip to the central coast of California,...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

Wrestling with Sunday Mornings

This past Saturday afternoon I warned my husband, “I’m not going to church tomorrow.” In...

July 13, 2015

Airbnb and the Art of Hospitality

As I write this, my husband and I are on our twentieth day away from...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

Is the Gospel Good News or Bad?

Continuing a little bit what I started with my essay “What Is a Christian?,” I’ve...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

What Is a Christian?

According to recent survey by the Pew Research Center, the number of U.S. adults who...

May 08, 2015

Sugar, Sugar, Part 2: May 8, 2015

Continued from yesterday. When the editors of Good Letters first asked if they could rerun...

May 07, 2015

Sugar, Sugar, Part 1: June 10, 2011

I’ve written before about my father’s alcoholism. From my adolescence until his death, I spent...

April 2015

April 22, 2015

For the Love of Money

My husband and I took a spring break trip to the central coast of California,...

April 06, 2015

Internet Jubilee: A Holy Year of Mercy

On a recent Sunday, my pastor preached on the idea of the jubilee year as...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

Grace and the Incomplete Flush

Almost two years ago my husband and I bought a condo in a cool old...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

I Belong to Jesus

Today we are happy to welcome back former Good Letters blogger Sara Zarr as a...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

The Work Awaits, Part Two

Almost exactly two years ago, I made my Good Letters debut with a post titled...

October 10, 2012

Make Your Life an Altar

I recently came across a short devotional on the Abraham and Isaac story. You know...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

My Mother’s Lullabies

My mother used to sing us to sleep. Her lullabies weren’t choruses of “Twinkle, Twinkle...

September 04, 2012

John Mayer’s Born and Raised

Close your eyes and clone yourself Build your heart an army To defend your innocence...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

Writing on Empty

Last week, I finished the fifth revision of my fifth novel, and got notice from...

June 03, 2012

Making Rules for Life

For my forty-first birthday, I decided to write a personal rule of life. Turning forty...