One of the most difficult things to navigate when we first moved to Nebraska was the whole communication thing. My east coast communication style often clashed with the Nebraska way of doing things; or it missed the mark altogether. I remember having conversations with people and walking away …
Adverse Effect
Twice. That's how many times, as an adult, I've awakened to the day in tears. One time was last March, on the day after H's mom passed away. The other time was nearly eight years ago, in a hotel room in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. I remember it like it was yesterday. Our family of four had spent …
If All Goes Well
I may be a hopeless romantic but honestly, aren’t we all? “I’m doomed,” H says to me, reaching for my hand as we walk across the parking lot. “Doomed?” I ask him. “Yeah,” he says, and sighs. “Doomed.” I know what he means, and I give his hand a little squeeze. Today, it makes me giggle just a …
The Value In Catching Your Breath
I'm thinking, when The Nester hosts the next 31 Days series, I'll write about our church. Now, don't hold me to it (you do know it's more than four months away, right?), but I realize, with all my talk about multicultural congregations, you don't know much about my church at all. You don't know how …
The Problem With “Those People”
Remember how I told you about Indigo Bridge Books and how they're doing a film series on Race, Power, & Privilege? Well, last night, H and I went back to Indigo Bridge to see The House I Live In, the final film in the series. Again, rather than go into a long explanation, I'll let you click …
fear has cousins {and they’re bullies, too}
We all know about fear. We know it thinks it's big and bad and we know it believes it should always be spelled in capital letters. We've learned to laugh in the face of fear, and call it for what it is: a bully. And we know bullies never win, right? Right! Not convinced? No worries. Take a …
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