E-Book Release: Delighting in the Way of Jesus
A companion as you journey toward a deeper love for the ways of Jesus and his coming kingdom.
Suddenly a light
It is safe to hope for transformation. A reflection on the Conversion of Saul.
State of the Bookshelf 2024
Reflecting on another year of reading (and the 49 books I enjoyed!)
God came | A Christmastide reflection
In these 12 days of Christmastide, we are not primarily celebrating how Jesus came our what he would do to save us, but simply that God came.
A different kind of New Year
Taking time to reflect at the birth of this other kind of new year has been better for my soul because it actually comes with Good News: All of life is a gift and a means of grace from God.
A grace worth cultivating
In quiet corners of our communities, people are still committed to one another’s good, even across deep difference.
A tribute to my Gma
What adequate words are there to describe the love you have for a person who has loved you every moment of your whole life, before you were even aware? The only word I can come up with as my vision yet again blurs with tears is *grace*. It is all—every bit of it—grace.
Surprised by pears
A prayer for God will open my eyes to what treasures he has hidden in plain sight.
Remembering: Our 9th House-iversary
My annual reflection on another year in our quirky old house on the best little block of W. Cucharras St.
Grandma Pat and the wide welcome of Jesus
Remembering a one-of-a-kind, larger-than-life lady.
Tender strength
A year after being on a head-on collision, I reflect on what God is showing me about his strength in my weakness.
Remembering my Uncle Jim
I share a few cherished memories of my Uncle Jim, who always made God’s love tangible to me.
Reasons not to fear: A reflection on Matt. 28
In every age, there have been many legitimate reasons to be afraid. Those who belong to Jesus also have reasons not to be.
Glimpses of glory
In the midst of sticky fingers and parenting fails, it’s as if God sharing a very good, beautiful secret with me of a glory that only he knows in full.
And it was so.
Like when God spoke the world into being, I want every “Let there be…” spoken over me to be followed by “And it was so.”
Emptying and filling
In the end, Lenten practices are about releasing what is lesser and opening your hands for a deeper, fuller experience of God’s grace.
Book launch party on a Wednesday
We threw Noah the cutest little book launch party you ever did see, and it was a picture to me of God’s delight in his children.
Anniversary of a miracle
It’s a strange thing to be told two months before your due date that you and your soon-to-be-born child would likely not survive if you go into labor. But for me, it’s the beginning of a story of God’s tenderness and power.