All the experts (those who have four+ children) say once you get to three kids, adding one more is no big deal. You shift to zone defense, buy snacks in bulk, and call it a day. I’m now certain all those friends collectively lied; you …
Does anyone else feel like they are looping through the Covid version of the stages of grief? When it first started, I was in denial. I naively believed that at the other end of that three-month long quarantine rainbow, I’d be able to return to …
I’m noticing a disturbing trend as I allow God to dismantle and rearrange the Christianity I grew up with. I was talking with friends last night- the cumulative venting of parenting, faith and our current versions of isolation. My friend and I lamented that as …
As of Friday, we officially logged our third week of covid-induced homeschool. Maybe you’re right about there with me…welcome. With a full 14 days under my belt- I’m feeling confidently uncertain- which makes me the best possible person to teach others how to marginally succeed …
At thirty-three years old, I feel like I’m “unlearning” as much as I’m learning. It’s no secret that I live and breathe in the gray- I’m repelled by answers that leave no margin for questions, exceptions, or error. Social media overwhelms me with its sea …
I’m starting to pay attention to my “Christian triggers”- those moments when a phrase, or ism, or t-shirt from that ever-vague “Christian culture” catches on my soul like rough wood, leaving a splinter I can’t ignore. Yesterday I had such a trigger moment, listening to …
The church is a powerful, God-designed agent of His Kingdom on earth. When the body of Christ responds in fullness of sacrificial surrender to God and others, the church is the catalyst for the fruit of the Spirit made manifest within creation. Yet the church …
As a “pastor’s kid” for most of my life, I was bubble wrapped pretty snugly in protestant church culture long before I could say “Bible”. In many ways my childhood was idyllic, and I’m grateful for the foundation laid then that started me on a …
I have a confession: Sunday morning, after my usual slow moving, coffee and protein bite, I only lasted about 30 minutes into the morning before engaging in an argument with one of my kids. I mean, he was certainly wrong. But so was my reaction. …
In light of feedback from my last blog post, I feel the need to explore the idea of people pleasing and dreaming in more depth. Often when we think of the people in our lives that put limits on us and our dreams, we imagine …