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February 2011

February 23, 2011

On suffering and joy

As I write this, I’m resting after a good day of hard work and accomplishment....

February 15, 2011

“After Paradise”

As I wrote yesterday’s post in honor of my main squeeze, I was feeling a...

February 03, 2011

Weather and the Soul

This week most of our country is under ice. Over the weekend my in-laws got...

January 2011

January 26, 2011

Dawn, Day, Dusk, Dark

Yesterday I mentioned Scot Sherman’s sermon from this past Sunday. One of the stories he...

January 21, 2011

Weakness and Acceptance

There’s a point in pregnancy when you suddenly think: “Something’s wrong with me!” Of course,...

January 20, 2011

My Unintentional Techno-Fast

It’s been eleven days since I flew from Philadelphia to San Francisco. That also means...

January 03, 2011

Preparing for T-Rexy

Happy New Year! I’ve missed you people. I have to say first that I’m a...

December 2010

December 10, 2010

Good Like Medicine

A couple of weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal published an article that proves why...

December 09, 2010

Theotokos of the Sign

Note: I ran this post around three months ago, but am feeling like it's even...

December 08, 2010

“Come now, let us argue it out…”

That’s the New Reformed Standard Version of Isaiah 1:18. If you’ve read (or heard) this...

November 2010

November 15, 2010

Pregnant Sad vs Thankful

I spent this past Saturday feeling a little blue. Saturdays tend to be days that...

October 2010

October 13, 2010

Beatitudes

I’ve just finished preparation for leading my Mom’s Group discussion on Wednesday. We’ve been doing...

September 2010

September 28, 2010

Be still. Be still.

I know it most likely doesn't feel like Fall where you are. It's hot all...

September 20, 2010

How God loves me: a story

I grew up in a loving church community. I was nurtured, cared for, challenged. That...

September 01, 2010

Ah, Stability.

“All stability challenges us to engage the people where we are. We do not listen...

August 2010

August 15, 2010

Rainbows + Diapers = Grateful

This morning at 10:30, I began one of those mundane conversations with my two year...

August 10, 2010

Thankful Tuesday Summer

It’s Thankful Tuesday. I spent last night participating in one of the great American summer...

July 2010

July 08, 2010

slow, idle, brave

Today, while zooming through a profile piece on an artist and mother in the New...

June 2010

June 30, 2010

Breathing The Jesus Prayer

I met with my spiritual director, Debby, yesterday morning. Have I mentioned yet that she’s...

June 24, 2010

Great is Thy Faithfulness

As I write this it is almost midnight, June 24th. Two years ago at this...

June 16, 2010

For Phil and Brother Shad

Tonight as Chris, freshly home from work, sat on our bed, removing his shoes while...

May 2010

May 20, 2010

My week in bullet points:

Monday, when I was feeling most content with our housing situation and was prepared to...

May 06, 2010

A Small Victory in Hospitality-Land

Last night we threw a dinner party. For ten people. It was a last minute...

May 03, 2010

Mah Aysay!

Yesterday, as we drove the hour trip home from a weekend with friends in Napa...

April 2010

April 22, 2010

Tree Roots

If you had asked me ten years ago which of my brothers would be running...

April 07, 2010

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas

When I first began to follow the seasons of the Church, I was surprised to...

March 2010

March 24, 2010

What Endures

Lord God, protector of all who trust in you, Without you nothing is strong, nothing...

March 23, 2010

The city, the ocean, the backpack

This past Saturday, our little family picked up our newest Craigslist purchase, the baby hiking...

March 22, 2010

Cotton and Lorraine

I spent two days last week with my mother and her sister, Vicki, visiting my...

March 17, 2010

Hey there, St. Patrick

I’m not Irish. My step mother-in-law is and that could possibly count for something. Otherwise,...