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May 17 – Almost exactly five years after my husband proposed to me, we flipped over a pregnancy test to see a small plus sign. In that moment our life changed. We had taken one huge step toward being...
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Carry the Light
I am twenty-eight years old, and my father still reads to me. It’s only once a year, but each Christmas Eve, my father still reads to me and my brother. We hop on the couch in our pajamas, glass of...
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Outside the Box
Riding in the car with a close friend from home the other day, I was engaged in a lively conversation with her about some of our friends and their charismatic religious beliefs. A few recent Facebook...
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A Good Friday
“It is finished,” I said, turning toward the altar. It was sparse and striking, with only a black cloth and a candle. A crown of thorns pierced the wax, seeming to hang as some horrible halo around the...
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Spring Comes
Has anyone else noticed that the liturgical calendar and the academic calendar seem to sync up from time to time? Think about Advent… The eager awaiting spirit we hold as we celebrate the birth of...
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A Prayer Before Writing for Academia
God Above All Things, In these moments while the document loads and my fingers rest on the keyboard grant me first an emptiness. Remove the to-do list that waits impatiently in the corner of my mind....
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All in God’s Time
I am caught in a strange place these days. In one moment I feel both ahead of the game and behind the curve. I am 29 years old. I am one of the youngest people at my seminary. This is not a second...
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Keep the Faith
During the months of my brother’s deployment, his email correspondence was often my sustenance during a string of bad days. What began as simple ‘catching up’ turned into much deeper conversations,...
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Stepping Out
I came out recently on facebook. Not as gay. That would have been no big deal to the vast majority of my friends. I came out as a religious Christian. I didn’t really mean to come out. I just got...
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Associate Pastor for Cruise Direction?
I took a cruise once, and I did not particularly enjoy it. I love the people who went with me. I love the amount of sunbathing and swimming I got to do, but I did not particularly enjoy the...
View ArticleThe Spirituality of Travel
We don’t often realize it, but Jesus traveled a lot. He was always on the move in the Gospels, from Jerusalem to Galilee to Samaria to Nazareth. He traveled places his disciples didn’t want him to go....
View ArticleCarry the Light
I am twenty-eight years old, and my father still reads to me. It’s only once a year, but each Christmas Eve, my father still reads to me and my brother. We hop on the couch in our pajamas, glass of...
View ArticleOutside the Box
Riding in the car with a close friend from home the other day, I was engaged in a lively conversation with her about some of our friends and their charismatic religious beliefs. A few recent Facebook...
View ArticleA Good Friday
“It is finished,” I said, turning toward the altar. It was sparse and striking, with only a black cloth and a candle. A crown of thorns pierced the wax, seeming to hang as some horrible halo around the...
View ArticleSpring Comes
Has anyone else noticed that the liturgical calendar and the academic calendar seem to sync up from time to time? Think about Advent… The eager awaiting spirit we hold as we celebrate the birth of...
View ArticleA Prayer Before Writing for Academia
God Above All Things, In these moments while the document loads and my fingers rest on the keyboard grant me first an emptiness. Remove the to-do list that waits impatiently in the corner of my mind....
View ArticleAll in God’s Time
I am caught in a strange place these days. In one moment I feel both ahead of the game and behind the curve. I am 29 years old. I am one of the youngest people at my seminary. This is not a second...
View ArticleKeep the Faith
During the months of my brother’s deployment, his email correspondence was often my sustenance during a string of bad days. What began as simple ‘catching up’ turned into much deeper conversations,...
View ArticleStepping Out
I came out recently on facebook. Not as gay. That would have been no big deal to the vast majority of my friends. I came out as a religious Christian. I didn’t really mean to come out. I just got the...
View ArticleAssociate Pastor for Cruise Direction?
I took a cruise once, and I did not particularly enjoy it. I love the people who went with me. I love the amount of sunbathing and swimming I got to do, but I did not particularly enjoy the...
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