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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...

April 2020

April 04, 2020

Quarantine Homeschooling? Here’s The One Thing Kids Need To Learn Right Now

The other day, my 9-year-old scientist was telling me all the ways this quarantine situation...

January 2020

January 18, 2020

Keeping Time

It's a rainy, gray Saturday morning, and I'm dropping my daughter off at the theater...

November 2019

November 17, 2019

Waste The Stamp: Letters to Santa, and Other Acts of Faith

There is a 9-year-old scientist in my house who can name for you every element...

November 11, 2019

Permission To Unperfect

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

September 2019

September 18, 2019

Sit With The Fear: Why The New Sandy Hook Promise Video Should Leave You Haunted

I love a good scare this time of year. Creeping up on October, I'll re-read...

September 04, 2019

Deferred Maintenance

You know how when you have major life transitions going on--like moving, settling your family...

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...

May 2019

May 12, 2019

The Mommy Wars Are Over: Everybody Wins Mother’s Day

Happy Mother's Day, dear readers. I know this day is tricky. I wrote a post...

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...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Small Things

Fan turning, light burning Dust on the air Cardinal feather, change in the weather A...

July 2018

July 11, 2018

Better Songs, Better Stories: Give Girls More Than “Pretty”

We start conditioning girls young. The message is, your main goal in life is to...

March 2018

March 05, 2018

Parenting the Resistance: 5 Ways to Have Hard Conversations with Kids

It went down like this: "Mommy, I have a joke for you, listen. How long...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

Along for the Ride: A Very P.K. Summer, Part I

If you are a parent, then you know the mixed blessing of summer. On the...

May 2017

May 26, 2017

Last Day of School Blues: Making Space for Sad

My boy is 6. He hasn't gotten the memo that the last day of school...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

In God’s Time

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

March 2017

March 04, 2017

The World All Around: How We Can and Can’t Shield Kids From Violence

I recently wrote a post about letting our kids have their privacy and not sharing...

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...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

Assemble: Word 3, Advent 1

One of the best parts of Christmas at my house is getting out the nativity...

November 28, 2016

Anticipate: Advent 1, Word 1

I spend a lot of my time and energy anticipating future needs. Mine, and those...

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 01, 2016

Ticking Clock and Turning Tide

We are not theme park people. We are National Park people. We are beach people....

May 2016

May 05, 2016

5 Small Steps to a Simpler Closet (and Safer Planet)

Earlier this week, I shared a post about my family's Sock Scavenger Hunt. I paid my...

May 03, 2016

Lost and Found: A Parable In Socks

You know what was great about living in the desert all those years? Among other...

December 2015

December 10, 2015

This Magic Window

Most years, I’m a Christmas minimalist. My kids get 3 or 4 gifts each—some of...

July 2015

July 02, 2015

Thin Pink Line: Teaching My Daughter About a Woman’s Place

The poorly applied fuchsia lipstick. The nervous stage mothers pounding Starbucks. (The GLITTER SPRAY. God...

September 2014

September 17, 2014

How to Do It All

Sometimes other clergy ask for advice on how to balance being a pastor and a...

June 2014

June 04, 2014

Screaming Like a Girl

The small boys were screaming—nay, shrieking—on the playground. It was all in good 4-year-old fun,...

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...

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....