the lost…
We’ve all misplaced something at some point or another. Our keys. Our shoes. Our minds. But eventually we find them and sigh a sigh of relief. But there are times when something is lost. No recollection, no path, no hope. In Luke 15 Jesus speaks of a woman who...
stepparenting: failed…
Yesterday was quite possibly the worst failure in my career as a life-long stepparent. Oh Internet, I try. I really do, but sometimes my dreams of being an amazing stepparent and standup comedian go up in a ball of flames. The example: Parker, my eight year-old...
some thoughts on faithfulness twenty years later…
Twenty years ago I stood in the cafeteria of Azusa Pacific University and dreamt of a day that I would walk onto a college campus as a student. Twenty years ago I stood behind a cafeteria food counter and served morning breakfast foods to affluent, educated college...
my love computer love affair…
I’m at the airport and Matt is making faces at me the entire time to get off my computer because we’re on vacation. But what he doesn’t understand is that my computer and me have a torrid love affair. I’m confessing this to you, dear Internet,...
what fear can kill…
When my friend Lindsey asked me to talk about my biggest fear, the one pivotal conversation came to mind; a conversation that keep she running through darkness and reaching for the unknown. The conversation was brief, but one brief conversation with a brilliant man is...
I’m a writer and teacher in love with two men: Jesus and my husband, Matt. [You might not find this funny, but I laugh at myself, so it all balances out.]
