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February 2014

February 13, 2014

Vlogging with Cara: What kind of Jesus are we offering our kids?

What do you all think? Do most children's Bibles make you cringe? Do you...

November 2013

November 19, 2013

November is for ‘Love You More’

November is National Adoption Month, and it its honor, I have the privilege of hosting...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

First Day: The Holding and the Letting Go

For months we’ve been talking about this. This thing is coming. This change. When all...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Why I love Mom’s Group

Last week I sat in the small room with twelve or so women. One of...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

Advent Poetry Series: “Christ’s Mother Reflects: His Childhood”

Christ's Mother Reflects: His Childhood “...and for him to see me mended / I must...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

Our hearts are stone and flesh, all at the same time

Yesterday morning, while our sickish boys were playing with their dad on the carpet of...

November 09, 2012

Sacred Touch

When I was one year into my life in graduate school, I helped take a...

September 2012

September 10, 2012

What sharpens our vision, our calling?

This weekend while visiting my family in Amarillo, I had a conversation with a friend...

September 05, 2012

Why I’m afraid to tell you where we’re going on vacation

On September 19, Chris and I are going to Italy. Without our kids. And we’re...

July 2012

July 05, 2012

Of course we can’t have it all. (But still we can flourish.)

I’m sure you probably read this month’s featured article in the Atlantic. If you haven’t,...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

To Brooksie, on his baptism…

This past Friday evening, we gathered family and friends in Philadelphia and Brooksie was baptized...

June 14, 2012

A Tribute to the Single Mother and in Praise of the Good Father: A Father’s Day Post (of sorts)

Every time Chris leaves town, I’m reminded of how much I depend on him, on...

May 2012

May 26, 2012

Lament and Faith and Childhood: Why my kid and I read the sad Psalms

A year and a half ago, when my son first dreamed that a walrus (yes,...

May 14, 2012

On Sweetness and Mother’s Day

It’s Mother’s Day morning and last night was one of those up and down kinds...

May 10, 2012

Fresh flowers with dew: A Mother’s Day reflection

Today, because I spent last night exhausted and grumpy--it was one of those loooong days...

April 2012

April 19, 2012

A ‘Mother Letter’ for the Mamas

Dearest Mamas, When I was pregnant with my first child, my friend Emily (one year...

April 10, 2012

Guest Post: The Creaking, Squeaking Altar that Moves

I'm thrilled to interrupt our regularly scheduled Thankful Tuesday to bring you some words from...

March 2012

March 16, 2012

A Letter to my second-born son, on his first birthday

Brooksie, this year has taught me a lot of things about being a mom, about...

March 15, 2012

Welcomed into the Story

When I stood on the second row at Jamie's church last Sunday and watched her...

March 05, 2012

Julie Bowen and our Bellies

Last night was a sucker punch of bedtime crazy. My screaming preschooler woke his brother...

March 05, 2012

Julie Bowen and our Bellies

Last night was a sucker punch of bedtime crazy. My screaming preschooler woke his brother...

February 2012

February 16, 2012

A little SAHM math equation

You may be shocked to hear this, but sometimes I feel like a loser for...

February 06, 2012

{Practices of Parenting Carnival} In Which I Believe in Family Dance Parties

My family had one living area in our three bedroom ranch house. It had a...

January 2012

January 23, 2012

For Brooksie, upon his turning ten months old.

You turned ten months old last Tuesday. Almost every other month of your living, we've...

January 09, 2012

For a day when…

You arrive at church 30 minutes late and take another 30 to lower your raised...

December 2011

December 15, 2011

Because I love Jesus so much…

We're talking about Christmas songs at the lunch table. I say, "My favorite song is...

November 2011

November 18, 2011

To my Mary icon, in preparation for Advent

Mary, you’re always sad, looking at me from the corner of my desk, your son...

October 2011

October 28, 2011

Snow piled

We wake up to snow piled on the outdoor table, still parked where it sat...

October 25, 2011

Just a Stay at Home Mom (how liberation frees me to love my non-job)

We interrupt our regularly scheduled Thankful Tuesday to bring you my most recent guest post at Her.meneutics...

October 21, 2011

Just Write: The Miracle

You’re up at 5 am. They call this “sleeping through the night.” I groan and...