on chronic uncertainty and the pursuit of God
I. For over two years now I have been listening to Andrew Peterson’s “The Burning Edge of Dawn” album. To me it is the sound of autumn and longing and hope. When it released in 2015, I was filled with...
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hopes for spring
My words have been so weighty lately – maybe the winter, maybe the sickness that never ends, maybe the time to ruminate. It’s very much needed, given that writing helps me to work out my salvation...
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a prayer and confession over lesson plans
I homeschool our kindergartner. This has been a learning year for us both — sometimes we feel as though we are thriving and learning, sometimes it is an effort just to mark ONE thing off the list. We...
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a prayer and confession over a rough morning with kids
This morning I needed a do-over with my big kid. We are so different and where she is go-go-go, I am wait-wait-wait. I’m learning how to meet her where she is so that I can (hopefully) train and equip...
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It’s Saturday and there are egg hunts and breezes and groaning creation is covered by a haze of clouds and the glory of the Lord seems far off. We live between the cracked earth and torn curtain of a...
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paying attention to tears
I was probably in elementary school and I distinctly remember my mom stopping the music in the minivan to explain to me and my brother what moved her about the song. I didn’t get it as a kid because,...
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of a morning
Reeet! Reeet! Roo-reet!reet!reet! Wee-oot! Wee-oot! Weeoot! OooEH ooh! ooh! ooh! Twitter!* I don’t often get up before my children, the way all the bloggers tell me I should for optimal self care....
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a prayer and confession when things change
Oh Lord, who created with a word and set into motion the rhythms of seas and stars and sun and seasons, meet me now, in this in-between, in the tension of change. I thought because it was familiar...
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guest post: he’s in the boat
I have no words right now. They are brewing, of course. They are notes in my phone, scratches in the margins of my calendar, bullet point lists in the various notebooks I have. So recently I asked my...
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words matter
Ask anyone who knows me: I am a wordsmith. Word nerd. Wielder of words. I love learning new words, carefully choosing the right word for the moment, using words with intentionality and purpose....
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