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March 2014

March 18, 2014

An Invitation to Serve Anyway

I am living one of the busiest seasons of my life right now. As we...

October 2013

October 10, 2013

The Pursuit of Enough: Ask me what I have for you…

When I was five months pregnant with Brooksie, I was barely one year into our...

August 2013

August 14, 2013

One Good Phrase: Diana Trautwein (One day at a time)

I wish Diana Trautwein and I lived in the same town. If we did, I...

June 2013

June 20, 2013

Marriage and the Growing Up of Us

When did we grow up? It wasn’t then, when we stood in the mountain meadow,...

May 2013

May 15, 2013

One Good Phrase: Addie Zierman (God is here)

If you follow my Twitter feed, you know I retweet whatever Addie Zierman has just...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

My Chalkboard: Psalm 95

January 17, 2013

The Spiritual Practice of Slowness

I was strangely moved by that almost final scene in the movie Lincoln, when the...

December 2012

December 12, 2012

These Sacred Everydays

Last week marked our very last in the series {This Sacred Everyday}. I have loved...

November 2012

November 14, 2012

{This Sacred Everyday} Lore Furgeson

I've only recently discovered Lore Ferguson's words, but I resonate with her and am always...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Jesus in Real Life: Halloween and Death and Celebrating the Saints

“Why is it called Halloween, Mom?” We're driving to preschool. This is the time of...

October 24, 2012

{This Sacred Everyday} Tanya Marlow

Over the past few months I've had the opportunity to encounter and get to know...

October 22, 2012

Downhill: The Miracle and the Standing Still

I feel the dark sadness press in like a dam has broken, an internal stopper...

October 10, 2012

{This Sacred Everyday} Addie Zierman

What an honor for me to host Addie Zierman here today. Not only is she...

October 08, 2012

One Week, Forever, Right Now: A Reflection

It’s been one week since we touched ground and saw our boys. One week since...

September 2012

September 19, 2012

{This Sacred Everyday} Suzannah Paul

I first felt a kinship with Suzannah Paul when I discovered her blog and our...

September 14, 2012

Poem-a-Day Friday: Mark Strand

This is how it happens: You grieve the news that you will leave your home....

September 12, 2012

{This Sacred Everyday} Mihee Kim-Kort

On Sunday mornings, after I drop the twins off in the nursery, and quickly run...

September 06, 2012

A post that ends with grace.

Send out your light and our truth, that they may lead me, and bring me...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

Everything we carry with us.

Yesterday I packed suitcases. I packed a bin of toys for our month in Austin....

August 20, 2012

Waiting

I wait for the Lord; my soul waits for him; in his word is my...

August 14, 2012

Checking In…

Friends! I miss you guys. It’s very weird to go through a week and keep...

July 2012

July 16, 2012

When Prayer is Everything

It's Sunday and I’m sitting on the very last row of a jet moving thousands...

July 13, 2012

Poem-a-Day Friday: Tony Hoagland

I know I keep giving you poems from poets I don't know enough about to...

July 11, 2012

{This Sacred Everyday} Enuma Okoro

I can't tell you what a Great Big Ol' Deal it is to have Enuma...

July 09, 2012

The Real Work (a guest post from Adam McHugh)

Today I'm away with my family at "Cousins Camp." Yes, I'm not even joking. We...

June 2012

June 27, 2012

{This Sacred Everyday} Tamara Murphy

Today we get to hear from my friend Tamara Murphy, who blogs at This Sacramental...

June 13, 2012

{This Sacred Everyday} Preston Yancey

I’m anxious, which is why I’m baking in the first place. Baking is a kind...

June 11, 2012

When prayer is not cultivated in the quiet

Fifteen years ago, my youth pastor taught me to sit still, to keep my focus,...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

{This Sacred Everyday} Ed Cyzewski

{This Sacred Everyday} is a collection of posts about encountering God in the plain places,...

May 23, 2012

{This Sacred Everyday} Vol. 1

Today we begin a new series around here. {This Sacred Everyday} is a collection of...