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February 2019

February 19, 2019

Cisterns vs. Wells: Practicing rest in a restless world

A few years ago I met a man who had a chronic illness, who also...

December 2018

December 03, 2018

The Meaning Of Mistletoe: How Love Brings The World Back To Life

I've been sick this week, which means I've had a lot of downtime to read. ...

November 2018

November 14, 2018

No Place Love Won’t Go

Recently a marketing company offered me free tickets to see First Man, the new movie...

November 08, 2018

The Question Is Not, “Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?” It’s, “Why Do We?”

When I first started doing public speaking engagements, a philosophy professor contacted me and asked...

November 06, 2018

Vote with your ballot. Then vote with your life.

A while ago, a horrible thing happened to me. Someone I trusted used, abused and...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

Jesus Didn’t Give You The Right To Bear Arms

Yesterday at church I led the Prayers of the People. I stood wearing a white...

October 09, 2018

Fighting Fire With…Water: How Love, Not Anger, Saves The World

It's been a doozy of a week for our world. I was off line for...

October 01, 2018

Tender Is The Night: How To Take Care of Each Other in Troubled Times

Last week I wrote that calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline went up 57%...

September 2018

September 11, 2018

9/11/18: A 17-Year-Long Lesson That Anger And Fear Don’t Keep Us Safe

September 11, 2001 has become the "Where were you the day that..." moment for my...

September 05, 2018

International Day of Charity: What Jesus Really Called Us To

Today is International Day of Charity, which the United Nations has observed every September 5th...

August 2018

August 09, 2018

If Your Gospel Isn’t Good News For Everyone, It’s Not Good News For Anyone: Why I Signed #PledgetoPause

Earlier this summer, Supreme Court Justice Kennedy announced he would retire, leaving an empty seat...

July 2018

July 31, 2018

Because Hard Times Require Furious Dancing.

Though we have encountered our share of grief and troubles on this earth, we can...

May 2018

May 21, 2018

Love In All Its Forms

On Saturday morning as I was putting on scrubs and clogs and pulling my hair...

May 15, 2018

Where Is God When We Hurt The Most?

I spent the weekend speaking at the Bent Not Broken conference, a gathering of cancer...

May 09, 2018

What, Who, How & When Are You For? (Because Being Against Isn’t Enough)

This week I've been thinking a lot about the word "for." Because, while it's important...

May 04, 2018

The National Day Of Prayer Is A Waste Of Time (If It Doesn’t Change Us)

In 1952, President Truman instituted a National Day of Prayer. It falls on the first...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

The World Needs Heroes, Not Celebrities

His name was Arnaud Beltrame. He was 44 years old. He was the first officer...

January 2018

January 13, 2018

how to make our wounded world well

In upstate New York today, there's a 13-year-old black, Muslim, refugee girl walking around with...

December 2017

December 04, 2017

am I brave? nope. not even a little.

I think having courage is more meaningful than being brave because it means you honestly...

October 2017

October 14, 2017

what airports in October teach me about compassion

For years I said that because breast cancer kept me from traveling to Africa, the...

November 2016

November 02, 2016

what it ultimately means to follow Jesus in an election year

I am acutely aware of the angst, ire, frustration, fear, anger, uncertainty and dread that...

October 2016

October 21, 2016

how to help me celebrate my 10 year cancer anniversary

I was 27 years old when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I'm 37 now....

October 17, 2016

grandma’s gone

I found out on Tuesday that my grandma had cancer. Five days later, she died. Five...

September 2016

September 12, 2016

september 12th: on the morning after

Yesterday my Facebook page blew up with hundreds of tributes and remembrances for the 15th...

September 06, 2016

kindnesses

"As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate." -...

September 03, 2016

labor (of love) day

Yesterday I wrote about how a free bowl of oatmeal and a suitcase that was...

September 02, 2016

what a free bowl of oatmeal taught me about healing the world

If you follow me on social media, you know that I fly a lot. One...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

for the love

On Monday night I took a short flight from Kisumu to Nairobi, and then took a...

May 10, 2016

english, swahili & the language our lives speak

Mama and Papa, the host couple I'm staying with in Kenya, have lots of visitors...

April 2016

April 11, 2016

to the man who called my Somali refugee girls “terrorists.”

Yesterday, I checked out of my hotel in downtown Chicago. I had a few hours...