The Glow In Our Pockets (or, what Marie Curie didn’t know)
What do Instagram and XRays Have in common? More than we might think.
View ArticleThe Ripple Effect on my Soul (on pandemic highs, lows, and dead zones)
It's just not true that a good feeling will cancel out a bad one High school science reminds us waves (whether of water or emotion) can interact in strange ways.
View ArticleHow I’m Talking To My Kids About Corona Virus
There's something else we need to say after "wash your hands."
View ArticleThe Beauty of Yes-And: parenting lessons from improv comedy
It seems reminding my kids a gazillion times to chew with their mouths closed isn't working at all. So I decided to try a tip from comedy class.
View ArticleWhen You Have What Someone Else Wants
There are many ways to be rich. In relationships. In opportunity. In talent. And sometimes we only notice when we're listening to someone who is in pain because they lack the thing we have.
View ArticleWhat love looks like after decision-making
"Perhaps, in an ideal world, every big decision is come to by conversation and consensus, but in my world - that's generally not how it happens. More often than not, we decide by compromise and...
View ArticleA letter to the one who is failing
This moment that feels like failure is an invitation to go deeper.
View ArticleFinding the Edges of me in Space
I heard once that astronauts would explode in space without spacesuits. ...Out here, with just my laptop and a wifi connection and the vast white wilderness beyond my window, I wonder if that might be...
View ArticleWhen Your Kid Googles You (Take care. Someone’s listening.)
“I looked you up on google,” my daughter said a few weeks ago. I froze, arranging my face as nonchalantly as I could: “Oh really? What did you find?” “You’ve written a LOT of articles,” she observed,...
View ArticleHigh Dive, Deep Dive (a meditation on love and surprises)
It’s been twenty—maybe thirty—years since I jumped off a diving board. I’m not sure whether it was the sun or the extra shot of caffeine that morning, or just the end-of-summer joy of being at the pool...
View ArticleOne Great Question Makes All The Difference
Our family got to travel to Europe this summer, and apart from a horrendous, miraculous day when we lost our six year old in Paris, it was memory-making magic. We ate gelato and rode gondolas and...
View ArticleGod, the Paraeducator
This month we made a big deal out of Teacher Appreciation Day at our schools, and rightly so. Teachers are amazing and deserve every bit of support and encouragement we can offer. There is also a...
View ArticleWhat I’ve been up to (and hello)
Hello, friends. I have a blog post or two I’m planning to put up in the near future, but before then just wanted to drop a note and say hello and a little of what I’ve been up to. What I’ve been...
View ArticleThe Stone Hearts
We all walked a little hunched against the broody gray sky, reflexive defenses against the raindrops that had not yet fallen. All thirty of us tumbled out of cars, lunches and rain boots akimbo. We...
View ArticleA Hell of a Tone of Voice (Some thoughts on how we talk about what happens...
A while back, I was asked to participate in a panel answering questions about heaven and hell. The group had spent a couple weeks in a series looking at what Scripture says about what happens after we...
View ArticleWhen Church Feels Like Ballet Class (some thoughts on Posture, Strength,...
Someone asked me recently when last I was “wowed” by church. I didn’t know what to say, but it made me wonder about the question: should I expect to be “wowed” by church? If not, what should church...
View ArticleThe Surprising Thing about Strength in Weakness
I’ve been thinking a lot about weakness lately. Weakness, failure, and the terrible gap between how we hope things will turn out and how they actually do. Motherhood and ministry—while both brimming...
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