A dear friend recently asked me about a kidnapped baby girl whose horrific abuse and murder made headlines. “Doesn’t it just make you want to…
You’re hired
One of my biggest convictions regarding the raising of my daughters has been that I do not want them stepping into domestic life as woefully…
Bring Him Home: Faith, love & miracles
Last fall, Mathaus and I had the chance to help out on a film project called “The 5 Day Adoption.” Mathaus got to help with…
Lead on
It was a moment when my faith had begun to droop, just a little … dipping its edges in the what ifs and whys that…
Babita’s song
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life. —Proverbs 13:12 We are waiting right now. Waiting, again. Seems like so…
Making life a drink offering
During my trip to Nepal this past month, I was reminded of a quick visit I made about 15 years ago to the Cathedral of…
Teaching from lice
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My longing has a name…
As it turns out, there’s a word for it, that feeling of nostalgia, a sense that perhaps, something has passed you by and you’ll never…
What I see in the mirror
My last post hadn’t been live for more than an hour when questions — and congratulations — started rolling in. “So excited for you!” “Wait…
The Scarlet D
I was 15 when my parents divorced; my mother was 38. I remember looking at her one day, shortly after the ink was dry on…