The Shape of the Spaces that Hold Us
"The circles keep changing to color surprises!" an excited student in my class exclaims as colored circles dance across the screen. The students have their...
Category: A New Outlook
On Undoing
As soon as the Christmas tree came down in early January, I was ready. Though I enjoy keeping our home tidy and declutter as a hobby,...
Tree of Abiding
It seems that the older I get, the less complicated I need things to be. I have enough trouble remembering where my keys are, what I walked into a...
He Got Me with Flowers
God got me with flowers. My burning bush so to speak was wild and purple/blue, blooming along the roads and the lava rock meadows of Iceland. It was the...
The Overwhelming Noise of Social Media
Noise is not my friend. You might even call noise my nemesis because it can overwhelm me to a point where I feel out of control of my own...
When the Blooper Turns into Something Bigger
Trigger Warning: this post discusses violence and includes a story featuring a gun. “Hit the floor.” I learned that particular phrase in...
When Disagreement Becomes Reality
Last week I looked across my teaching podium to my high school students and said, “I never thought a global pandemic would split churches, divide families, splinter relationships.”...
Wondering at Beautiful Skies and Suffering
Mongolia has a beautiful sky. It’s big, it’s clear and in the 1990s, it was the place I loved to look. In the evenings the air would be crisp...
The Ups and Downs of Planning
“I just know what’s going to happen,” I looked at my husband with a laugh. “We’re going to make this reservation and things will get canceled again.”...
God’s Purpose > My Plans
I am a planner. I like to dot every “i” and cross every “t”. I give myself timelines to follow, deadlines to meet and eventual stress-lines to wear. Whether...
