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February 2014

February 03, 2014

Good Words for a Monday

A prayer we prayed (I don't know where it's from) on our church's Epiphany...

January 2014

January 13, 2014

I’m Back. And I have a post up at Deeper Family. Also, hi.

Hi. It feels a little strange to sit here writing something out to say...

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 19, 2012

She writes a post about her hair.

Listen, I woke up last spring with a wave in my hair. You may not...

November 12, 2012

Not the same…

When August was four months old, the Phillies won the World Series. The Phils had...

October 2012

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...

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...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Marriage and the Easy Yoke

“Are you so pissed at your husband for making you move?” The stylist's fingers were...

August 20, 2012

Waiting

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

July 2012

July 30, 2012

My food…

Yesterday after lunch, August and Chris were sleeping together in my bedroom while I cleaned...

July 23, 2012

Rivers and Roads: On Saying Goodbye

I have to leave today. Noon. I’ve packed and planned. It’s been a long visit...

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 02, 2012

The Slow Work of Foundation-Making

Cat and me and a few of the girls we love Two weeks ago,...

June 2012

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 21, 2012

Gospel, Pascal, Heart (and why I believe in Jesus)

“Make [Christianity] attractive, make good men wish it were true, and then show that it...

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...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Thoughts on Kairos and Epiphany, the ‘unbidden and unexpected’

I've been reading and loving my newest happy discovery, In the Midst of Chaos: Caring...

April 23, 2012

Walk slow and notice

The plane lands and you have a connection to make in a city you've never...

April 16, 2012

A couple of photo shoots, some bluebonnets, and one lovely photographer…

When I made the decision to make the move to Patheos, I knew it was...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

Micha tries to write about music…

I don't consider myself a "music person." I love music and I always have. It...

March 12, 2012

Because grace is brave and it always wins

You're 16-years-old and the boy who kisses you beside the light blue Chevy Spectrum under...

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 27, 2012

Fumbling Toward Alleluia

I slowly eased into liturgy. I was reading Anglicans first before I entered the doors...

February 20, 2012

Transfiguration and Beauty

Last year, I wrote about picking my son up from the nursery after our church's...

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 30, 2012

The Host Raised

One of the things I most love about the intentionality of liturgy is how suddenly...

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...

November 2011

November 14, 2011

I’m thinking “Pretty Christmas”

Oh yes, I wish I were crafty. I have a mother who is crafty. And...

August 2011

August 22, 2011

It’s always a little bit awkward to tell people it’s your birthday. That’s because their...