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September 2014

September 25, 2014

To Have and to Hold, In Hardship and Unhappiness

Nearly 35 years into my marriage to Bill, our shared commitment to the Lord has...

September 18, 2014

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

I'd once been lost. But somehow on the way to being found, I’d picked up...

September 15, 2014

24/6 In A 24/8 World

"There is something comforting about being overworked. If work is the meaning of our lives,...

September 12, 2014

Is God A Mafia Boss Or Is God Good? (Part 1)

A couple of years ago, I found myself sitting in a room with a bunch...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

Heading To College With A Bit Less Baggage

As I shopped for school supplies for my soon-to-be sixth grade grandson at Target last...

August 01, 2014

Pop Goes The Blessing Bubble

I've known a small handful of people who've had lives remarkably free from trial, reversal...

July 2014

July 08, 2014

Faith Unsettled

It was an honor to put my head together with two women with deep faith...

April 2014

April 21, 2014

Bridging The Divide

I used to cringe at the word "ecumenical". It smacked of engineered truces and kumbayah...

March 2014

March 19, 2014

“Or It Could Go Like This…” – On Re-Leashing Imagination

Maybe ten years ago, I participated in a small playwriting workshop led by a man...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

Can Christians “forgive themselves”?

Last fall, just as I was putting my finishing touches on my book about regret,...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Friday’s Miscellany

Evidence of a series of storms, in the form of layered grit, can't quite mute...

January 02, 2014

Beer, Dr. Spock, And The Parenting Advice I Needed Most

When I gave birth to my first child in 1983 at age 24, I realized...

October 2013

October 23, 2013

No Swimming Allowed (Final)

Click here to read part one of this story I'm sharing as a response to the...

October 22, 2013

No Swimming Allowed (Part 2)

Click here to read part one of this story I'm sharing as a response to...

October 15, 2013

Some People Are Meant To Stay Behind The Scenes In Life

It should be obvious to anyone who meets me that I am a graduate of...

October 08, 2013

When It’s Time To Dial 911

After my mom died in south Florida 6 years ago, I came home anxious to...

October 01, 2013

It’s Time To Resign From The Casserole Club

Dr. Halee Gray Scott's recent salvo calling for women's ministry leaders to stop doling out...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Healing And The Favorite College Game ‘Guess The Major’

In 2007, I wrote a post (here) about what happened to me when I visited...

September 24, 2013

My 3:30 AM Husband

True confession: I have a slight case of bigamy going. Relax. I've never actually met...

September 11, 2013

Into The (Uncertain) Future

I attend a women's Bible study at a church near my home. This fall, we'll...

August 2013

August 23, 2013

The Transformative Heart Of ‘What Not To Wear’

I hear voices in my head if I'm tempted to run to the grocery store...

August 19, 2013

A Single Woman’s Prayer

Yesterday, I heard one of the bravest confessions I've ever heard in public. The church...

August 02, 2013

What Courage Looks Like

I don't really resonate with examples of courage that include mountain climbing, wire walking or...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Big Kids, Big Prayers

Little kids, little problems...big kids, big problems? When I was a young parent of three...

June 2013

June 20, 2013

Exodus International And The Opportunity to Look Ourselves In The Mirror

"Heterosexuality will not get you into heaven." – Pastor Tim Keller (HT Katelyn Beaty) Yesterday's...

June 13, 2013

Does God Talk To Us? (“What Do I Really Believe?” Series)

One of the benefits of being a member of an online community like Patheos is...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

What Whistle-Blowing Might Cost You

A few days ago, an old friend suggested that it may be incumbent on some...

March 2013

March 30, 2013

Waiting for Resurrection

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live,...

December 2012

December 04, 2012

The sound of red in your head

When you read those red letter words in your Bible, the ones Jesus spoke, what...

October 2012

October 19, 2012

God at the Waffle House (yes, the Waffle House)

I've had fairly limited internet access this week as we've been traveling. It became an...