Usually, when I tell people the story of finding out my husband was considering becoming the pastor of a church in Nebraska, I tell whoever happens to be listening at the time that I asked H, "Nebraska? Are there any people in Nebraska?" That's almost the truth. But here's the real story: Nine …
Better After: In Which I Discuss The Not Guilty Verdict
On the morning before the 4th of July, H and I planned a long day of bike riding. We loaded our bags with water and workout clothes and swimsuits and snacks, and headed out before the sun got too hot. We rode the trails and we talked about things I don't remember now. We rode our bikes halfway …
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Giving Up Your Comfort Zone
Photo by JMacPherson There is a bay window in a conference room at a certain retreat center on the Nebraska plains. If you lie on your back on the floor of this room, with the soles of your tall boots pressed against the baseboard, you can peek through the window pane. Chances are, you’ll see a jet …
Coming Clean
Yesterday was one of those epic travel days; the kind we all try to avoid. In the airport terminal, I stepped away because, honestly, does anything good come from a crowd of angry people? And sure enough, the man wearing the fraternity ball cap, and the woman wearing her workout hoodie tied around …
Please Don’t Fold
I don't have this all figured out, but what I do know is that — somewhere between that infant sleeping (or not) in the crib, and standing at the end of the driveway to send that same child out into the world — there comes at least one moment in every parents' life where they know they have …
The Work of the Holy Spirit {or, why I might be reading Revelation…again}
Remember, back in May, when H and I drove from Nebraska to Michigan and we listened to the bible on CD as we drove? Remember how I was all, "It's the best thing ever!"? Yeah. Well, that was all well and good for the trip to Michigan, when we were listening to the gospels and the letters Paul wrote …
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