Early on, when we were first trying to figure out how a person was actually supposed to stay married 'til death do us part and (if I'm being honest here) wondering if the wedding vow people were serious when they wrote that part, H and I used to ask people who'd been married for any significant …
This One’s Tricky
There's church, and then there's church, and it's easy to get the two confused. First of all, there's the church building. Ours was built in the 1960's. It's got orange carpet, a skylight over the pulpit, and stained glass windows that have a retro feel - if you can imagine that. The particular …
Grace Is No Dainty Fool
At the office park, men stand on the green grass and test the sprinklers. Water droplets splay themselves out on the sidewalk. I pedal slow and time it right so drops of water land on my forearms as I ride by. I feel like a water thief, and by the time I reach the corner to wait in the sun for the …
Unscripted
On the last day of Summer Adventure (our church's version of Vacation Bible School), we kept the kids from running across the picnic tables one last time, sang "Pharaoh-Pharaoh" one last time, stumbled our way through the skits one last time, applied the last band-aid, dispensed the last hug, and …
Keeping It Real
I met Thelma here at Jumping Tandem. We talk a lot behind the scenes, Thelma and I. She makes me laugh out loud. I like that in a friend. Lately, Thelma and I have been talking about voice. The voice that comes through when we write. We've had some good chats, so I asked Thelma if she'd write …
Body Image
On the day I woke up counting calories, and figuring out how much I'd need to exercise in order to lose three pounds that week, I knew something was wrong. Those were the first thoughts of the day. Even before my feet hit the floor, or before I looked outside to see if the sun was shining, and …