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December 2011

December 05, 2011

Because the eternal birth is always happening…

Advent is for waiting, but I hardly know what to do with that concept. I've...

December 05, 2011

Because the eternal birth is always happening…

Advent is for waiting, but I hardly know what to do with that concept. I've...

November 2011

November 07, 2011

All Saints Day

Today we celebrate All Saints Day. We ride in the car to our new church,...

October 2011

October 13, 2011

Attention and Awareness

"It is attention and awareness, in other words, that the Rule of Benedict brings to...

October 12, 2011

Vulnerability

When Ryan followed the pastor to stand before the rows of white chairs, facing the...

October 05, 2011

Streams of Belief

There’s something in my personality that doesn’t like to take a position. If you ask...

October 03, 2011

Big Things

There’s a phrase I hate in the Christian subculture. And it’s one I haven’t heard...

September 2011

September 28, 2011

Wise Stuff My Husband Said {A Series}: The Bible as Friend

Monday night we sat on the couch, me drinking tea slash eating dark chocolate and...

September 14, 2011

A short post from a tired lady.

Ah, how I wish I had a long, deep, lovely thing to post today. Instead,...

September 13, 2011

And, a list!

Here are the thankful things: Home again! Home again! Yes, it’s not the same home,...

September 06, 2011

God’s Deepening Life in Me, Part 2 (aka: All is Balance, All is Gift)

“In everyday life, then, we must hold ourselves in balance before all created gifts insofar...

September 06, 2011

80 degrees, cool breeze, breakfast tacos: a list

It's Thankful Tuesday! A List: Eighty degrees and a cool breeze! My baby sleeping on...

September 05, 2011

God’s deepening life in me (Part 1)

"In everyday life, then, we must hold ourselves in balance before all created gifts insofar...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

First Day of Preschool (!) Thankful

Many reasons to be grateful today: August is so ready for some friends and a...

August 29, 2011

The Chalice

I grew up in a faith tradition that celebrated the Lord’s Supper every quarter, four...

August 25, 2011

To Lose Faith is to Stop Looking

“To lose faith is to stop looking. To lose faith is to decide that all...

August 16, 2011

All the gifts…I’m thankful

For Brooksie’s sweet excitement after bath time when I’m going to give him a lotion-y...

August 08, 2011

On Austin and Gifts

This is my first real blog entry since arriving in Austin. Three days and I...

August 05, 2011

A Green Thankful

We are in Austin. We've been here for approximately four hours. There's a lot I'd...

August 02, 2011

be thankful, be thankful

What a week it’s been. I’m writing this after just returning from “Cousin’s Camp” with...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

Pray with me?

Friends, Will you pray with me for Somer and Lance? They are friends of mine...

July 24, 2011

The Whole Heart

Last week I quoted St. Anthony and lamented that I was not only subpar in...

July 22, 2011

Do Not Easily Leave: A Small Reflection for a Friday

“Someone asked [St. Anthony]: ‘What must one do in order to please God?’ The old...

July 21, 2011

We Need a Horse and how to be weirdly grateful

Yesterday, my dear friend Katie (in San Francisco) sent me a package with two letters,...

July 20, 2011

The things God loves

Every night when I’m putting August to bed, I pray for the man he’s going...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

A Letter to 24-year-old Micha (For the Yoobs in my life…)

Dear younger self, I have some things to tell you, not because I’ve really learned...

June 21, 2011

Goodbye Thankful

Sunday evening as Chris and I ate some anniversary short ribs at The Slanted Door,...

June 16, 2011

Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart

We sang this hymn this past Sunday. I love these words. I can't sing it...

June 07, 2011

Thankful Tuesday: A Grateful June Update

How’s your Grateful June going? I’ll admit I’m a bit of a failure in the...

June 06, 2011

Asking and Listening

In my last three weeks before we leave San Francisco, I’m leading my Bible study...