A Spacious Place
From wherever you might stick your “I am here” pin in the world map I have thumbtacked on my wall, have you felt trapped there? Fearful? Unsettled and restless...
Author: Jodie Pine
Tending Your Soul with Three Questions
The backyard grass reminds me, when I choose to look, of a deep thirst. The past few weeks I've tried to reassure myself that rain is coming and one...
To Share or Not to Share: Adoption Stories
Our shopping styles clash at the grocery store. I prefer to quickly toss what looks good and useful into the cart, while my husband is not at all in...
The Me I Wanted to Be
Why did my husband get all the good spiritual gifts, while I was stuck with the wimpy ones, I wondered. We had discovered on our honeymoon...
The Call of God
In college (before the age of cell phones) we used to leave messages for friends on dorm room answering machines. After my husband's best friend took a short-term trip to...
Unexpected Christmas Treasure
During one of our Christmas times in China, God blanketed our courtyard with snow in the early morning hours. It was magical. A gift. Before the arrival of footprints and...
Is Silliness a Sin?
Once upon a time, our family took the concept of Sabbath very seriously. Probably too seriously. During that time, our daughter recorded these heartfelt prayers in her journal: “God, please...
Connecting Through Pain
This post has my name on it because a blog post isn’t able to list multiple authors. But as you will see, this truly was a group effort. ///...
The Myth of Conversion
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck was my all-time favorite book in Mrs. Sigmon's 7th grade English class. Back then, I never would have imagined I’d spend 20 years of...
A Veiled Face in a Muslim Land
My white face was still white. But the traditional black head covering kept my light hair under wraps so that it didn't broadcast my outsider-ness. Wearing black, not only on...
