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March 2021

March 25, 2021

7 Blessings of the Pandemic

Editors note: Having lost my own mother to the Covid 19 pandemic last May, I've...

February 2021

February 19, 2021

The Brothers Karamazov and Tainted Motives

The love that springs from my natural heart is thin and sharp as a razor...

February 11, 2021

When God Opens a Closed Metal Heart

“Anne, you have to come and see Dad, He’s dying.” My sister said. My words...

February 02, 2021

Wet Dog Food, Love and Prolonging Life

“It’s your turn to feed the dog!” How many times have we said that and...

January 2021

January 20, 2021

On Inauguration Day – A Different Kind of Resolution

It’s that time again. Time to usher in a new presidency and a time to...

December 2020

December 10, 2020

Making Midlife Marriage Thrive

Raising children is arguably the most demanding job any of us will ever have. While...

December 04, 2020

“Shedding” our Past

2020 has brought a not so comforting cocoon of isolation never before experienced by most...

August 2020

August 21, 2020

Are You Bleeding Out?

Exsanguination or bleeding out can take anywhere from two to eight minutes depending on the...

June 2020

June 23, 2020

Our Collective Soul Shrapnel

The world’s on fire, cinder and ash, pluming smoke rising as high as our hearts...

June 10, 2020

What Comes After Rage? For Us? For the Church?

“The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel...

May 2020

May 06, 2020

Jia You: How to “Add Oil” to Your Pandemic Prayer Life

In February, I came across a call to prayer and fasting written by pastors in...

April 2020

April 22, 2020

Coffee and Covid19 – Recognizing Our New Belongings

When Loneliness Sets In Is the loneliness setting in yet? Do you feel lonelier now...

April 16, 2020

Into the Wilderness, “Who Am I and Why was I Created?”

The once theoretical idea of "wilderness" has now hit home. Plans and long awaited celebrations,...

April 07, 2020

Christians Should Take the Lead in Social Distancing

It is a very strange thing to be releasing a book with ‘hugs’ in the...

March 2020

March 31, 2020

Naming Anti-Asian Racism

One night after dinner at a local Chinese restaurant, just as my husband and I...

March 23, 2020

Living “Isolated Senior” Status in CoVid-19

Last week’s email reminded me that not everyone sees me as a peer. The woman who...

March 14, 2020

Pandemic? Spend 40 Days Unwinding the Roots of Anxiety

If you are fearful and anxious, you may be able to mask it well for...

February 2020

February 27, 2020

Questionnaire for an Estranged Mother

When my mother passed away years ago, we had been estranged for over a decade....

February 08, 2020

Loving a Heroin Addict – A Prayer for Orion

Sometimes the heroin addict is your son. Award winning author Katherine James spent many nights...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

American Dirt & The Art of Cross-Cultural Writing

I first sat down to read the newest novel by Jeanine Cummins, American Dirt, as...

January 27, 2020

Sex and the Church

I was 14 when I was first pressured to have sex with my boyfriend. As...

January 14, 2020

More than “Just Mercy,” A Path to Healing Racial Trauma

A week before the release of the highly anticipated movie, “Just Mercy,” Sheila Wise Rowe...

January 06, 2020

Diversity and the Church – A Culture of No Excuse

I started listening to NPR a number of years ago because I felt a need...

December 2019

December 14, 2019

More Than “Just Mercy,” A Path to Healing Racial Trauma

A week before the release of the highly anticipated movie, “Just Mercy,” Sheila Wise Rowe...

December 08, 2019

This Season, What to Give When You Have Nothing to GIve

Do you feel a bit bereft of Christmas Spirit this year? Or—-just wondering what you...

November 2019

November 29, 2019

To Gaggle, not Gobble

It’s that time of year—when the amazing happens: the Canada geese make their annual trek...

November 22, 2019

Mid-Life Crisis – of Faith

Mid-life throws us some mean curves. We expect certain losses: our parents passing away, our...

November 12, 2019

3 Questions We Must Stop Asking About Immigrants

“I don’t want to come to the U.S. Everyone hates us here.” The words stunned...

November 03, 2019

Gratitude for a Grievous Gift – Loving a Prodigal

My phone rang at 2 a.m., jarring me awake. I had been asleep for two...

October 2019

October 29, 2019

(Cardboard) Mansions in my Father’s House

This week, the inside of my church is a shanty town. The narthex is a...