Icing and Mochas
I was watching them play from the window, wiping (licking) my fingers from the frosting I had just finished putting on my 8-year-old’s birthday cake. It was the first...
Category: Community
The Spiritual Community You’ve Been Longing For
When you think about your relationship with God, what comes to mind? Perhaps you’re in a place of intimacy and joy. You’re discovering the never-ending depths...
For the Love of Reading
The Disney classic Beauty and the Beast scared me growing up, but I adored the library scenes. You know the ones I mean? Belle greets her...
Cue the Intro Music…
As a mom of 4 I was used to getting attention for the circus that was anytime we went out. But this day as I pushed the grocery cart...
Community Goes Both Ways
Perhaps like some of you, my Christian college years were colored with lots of language about intentional community, incarnational ministry, and walking with the poor. Due in large part...
Not My Own
I still remember her grabbing my hands and leading me to a back bedroom to hand it to me. It was a check for the exact amount I had...
Ask Me, I’m Ready!
The idea of writing a list of questions we would like to be asked is immediately appealing to me. I love a list! And intentionality! And making loving each...
How the Church Has Challenged Me
I grew up in a denomination that had firm views on what roles women could hold within the church. While us ladies were not permitted to preach or hold...
Beautiful Feet
Across the ocean, nestled under a tree, people gather on Sundays to meet at one of my favorite churches. It is hot year-round in that corner...
The Scarlet Letter that Led to Community: Infertility as an Expat
“Thwack-thwack!” Her cleaver severed the chicken on the chopping block as it came down with each powerful swing. We had been going to the same chicken butcher for about...
