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December 2020

December 09, 2020

Passing By

In these days that feel like the same day, spinning itself out over and over...

November 2019

November 11, 2019

Permission To Unperfect

My Girl Child was melting down. It was 8am, the Wednesday after a 4-day weekend....

June 2019

June 15, 2019

Love Before Everything: And Other Father’s Day Wisdom

Guest Post: by Chris Furr The single greatest moment in my baseball career came when...

March 2019

March 30, 2019

Our Church’s Foster Child

Guest post by the Rev. Allison Lanza One of the members of the church where...

March 14, 2019

The College Admissions Scandal and The Real Crime That Is Tuition

The college admissions scandal—involving several prominent families, including a few famous actresses—might be just about...

February 2019

February 05, 2019

The Keys to Life: And the Gift of an Empty Keychain

A big move always means a reckoning with your stuff. Sifting through years (whether four...

August 2018

August 22, 2018

In the Midst of Political Firestorms, Life Goes On: Don’t Miss It

It's easy to feel as though we're at the mercy of the zeitgeist. We're not.

June 2018

June 15, 2018

The Letter of the Law: There is Nothing ‘Biblical’ About Cruelty

When we are tearing the babies from their mothers arms at the border, we have...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

In God’s Time

Guest Post: Richard Baier "Praying is something we do in our time. The answers come...

February 2017

February 25, 2017

Overshared Childhood: Parenting and Privacy in the Social Media Age

Friday night situation: everybody's home after Dad's been traveling all week, nobody has anyplace to...

August 2016

August 24, 2016

10 Meaningful Ways to Start Your Kids’ School Day

We've probably all read the beautiful, powerful, tear-jerking letter that Glennon Melton (of Momastery fame)...

June 2016

June 15, 2016

Grief for the Villians

A guest post: by Rev. Elizabeth Grasham My ex-husband calls my cellphone once a week...

December 2015

December 01, 2015

Naughty or Nice: Tell Your Kids They’re Good

I swear I didn't lose it on purpose. Here's how it happened. When my daughter...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

Talking to Strangers: Scene in a Bar

I was drinking a beer. That was her first clue that I wasn’t a real...

March 2014

March 13, 2014

The Right Kind of Prayer

A few weeks ago, Saint Andrew Christian Church hosted a "Welcoming Church" event, in partnership...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Guest Post: Corn Mush and Depression Gravy

Thanks to Rev. Rachel Frey for this special Thanksgiving guest post. She is a minister...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Halloween: An Opportunity to Learn “Enough”

I followed a sparkly red lady bug and a plush green dragon down the street....

October 22, 2013

Good China, Good Sleep, and Sexpectations: 10 Truths from 10 Years of Marriage

We are celebrating 10 years of marriage this month. 10 years, 2 kids, 1 dog, 2...

August 2013

August 01, 2013

Annie

5 years ago, my friends Mark and Kara said their vows on a beautiful beach...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Recipe for Joy–Review

It's always fun when people send you free books. A few weeks ago, I got...

December 2012

December 05, 2012

A Measure of Elf Awareness

I’ll just admit it. The Elf on the Shelf creeps me out. I mean, something...

December 04, 2012

Week 1, Day 2: Homecoming

They say reflections in the wake of an aircraft carrier are many. Leaving me to...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

How God Gets Stuff Done

It seems Mr Mourdock didn't get the message--that when God wants to get something done,...

June 2012

June 09, 2012

The Great American Road Trip

What is it that keeps us moving? What are we looking for? I've wondered about...

May 2012

May 26, 2012

A Perfect Day

Following a pretty rotten day, the universe will sometimes throw you a nearly perfect one....

May 08, 2012

A Moving Picture

My 3-year-old has a new catch phrase response for when you ask her a question...

May 01, 2012

The Mercy Instinct

As a pastor, I see it time and time and time again: a person has been...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

Good Stuff

How do we develop a taste for good things? Is it an acquired taste, cultivated by...

February 2012

February 11, 2012

Day 2; Burgers, Burritos and Beginnings

Ok, so we start. Read back a day if you want to know why i'm...

February 02, 2012

Why “Stay-Home-Dad” and “Mr Mom” are Not the Same Thing

Well. If I thought that telling people I was a minister could elicit a "does-not-compute"...