My husband sat in the driver's seat and popped his head out of the window, saying, "Say goodbye, this might be the last time you see your car!" I touched the side of the sliding door and said, "Goodbye, faithful friend." I tried to summon tears, but really, that's a bit dramatic, even for me, and he ... Read More about The Ministry of a Mini-Van
Choosing Our Lives Means Having This One
"There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one." ~Kazuo Ishiguro I rummaged through four plastic bins in the basement before I found them. The three photo albums and four school yearbooks sat tucked into an assortment of hand-stitched pillows, a sombrero, a dirt-smudged ... Read More about Choosing Our Lives Means Having This One
Better Together: On Self-Reliance and Asking for Help
"When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up--one on one side, one on the other--so that his hands remained steady till sunset." Exodus 17:12 I'm a sucker for online personality quizzes. I took one recently with less than ... Read More about Better Together: On Self-Reliance and Asking for Help
Reclaiming Our Place
A small creek ran through our neighborhood of manicured lawns and look-alike condominiums. Thick walls of gray rock under wire-mesh netting sat on either side of the water’s edge, containing it, keeping all things wet and wild within its borders. When I was a child, I loved to explore there. I loved ... Read More about Reclaiming Our Place
When You Want To See Results For Your Labor
For the first twenty-one years of my life, I listened to my dad preach to a small crowd of believers gathered in stackable metal chairs in a store-front basement every Sunday. He's a natural, born to teach the gospel from a pulpit or a street corner or sitting at the head of the dining room table. ... Read More about When You Want To See Results For Your Labor
How to Gather a Life
The week we moved into our new, sparsely-furnished rental house in London, I realized I needed something of my own to make the place feel like we lived there. Without something of us, it looked as if we’d embarked on Rent-a-Life rather than rent a home. Our dishes, clothes, and a few poorly chosen ... Read More about How to Gather a Life
