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How to Support the Support Staff at Your Church This Christmas
I’m looking forward to this Christmas for all the usual reasons, but also because this will be the first Christmas Eve (and/or Christmas Day) in 7 years that my husband won’t be working. For six years,...
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My One Word for 2012: A Year in Review
I chose “expectant” as my One Word for 2012. I said I felt like the runway was clear. I said, “I am ready to see what 2012 holds, and I am setting off to meet it.” When I chose my One Word, I was...
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My One Word for 365: Dwell
Despite my desire to keep “expectant” for 2013–I’d like a do-over on that one, please–I’m choosing a new word for 365. A word that–I think, I hope, I pray–will shape my soul in such a way that I can...
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Constant Vigilance
Something along these lines was said from the pulpit during the Advent season, and I’ve been turning it over ever since. These words so perfectly express my dilemma with expectancy. Can I wait with...
View ArticleWhat I’m Into (January 2013)
January, what a month! My standards for post-holiday-winter are low, so I’m calling January a smashing success just because nobody got the flu. TV & Movies I’m loving the Lizzie Bennet Diaries . I...
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There Is No Excuse
This post is not about faith, but since it is about the original Anne-with-an-”e”, I’m gonna run with it. Have you seen this cover for the new edition of Anne of Green Gables? There is no excuse. Right?
View ArticleThe Resistance
A month ago I received word that, after several delays, the What a Woman is Worth compilation is finally going to press. All I had to do was give my contribution a title and write up a 50 word author’s...
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Patron Saints and Spiritual Midwives
Today I’m joining in with Sarah Bessey’s synchroblog for International Women’s Day. The topic: our patron saints and spiritual midwives. As a reader I’m so inspired by women of history who have done...
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On the Bridge
There’s a spot in Chicago I’ve always loved. It’s a popular place–a cliché, really–but I adore the DuSable Bridge that spans the Chicago River at Michigan Avenue. That spot feels quintessentially...
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Drink this cup.
Sometimes the clouds part a little and I experience the gift of hearing an old story as if for the first time. We were at church last Sunday (I think we might have found a church) and the visiting...
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