The Already But Not Yet

The Already But Not Yet

Between the unshakeable certainty that one day every broken thing will be made new and the overwhelming hurt and pain of this life. Immanuel.

2022 – There is no shoe.

2022 – There is no shoe.

I don't know where you land on the Enneagram. (Here's a great book for beginners. Also, here's a quiz.) I'm solidly a 6 with a 5 wing. In a nutshell, it means I have a bajillion worst case scenarios in my head at any moment. Seriously. They play over and over. It's...

How to un-overwhelm yourself

How to un-overwhelm yourself

Every year, it happens. I get the school calendar, Wednesday night church activities dates, tennis practices and matches, band rehearsals and parades - to say nothing of my own schedules and activities. I hear the gloriously open boxes on the calendar start to whine...

Theological Thursdays – Hope Nazi

Theological Thursdays – Hope Nazi

I'm stuck in a badly written dystopian novel. What else do you call conversations about vaccines, their potency, forced quarantines and how the health department wants me to get a vaccine simply so they have a paper trail? I was ranting to my hubby. "If I wasn't...

In the Raw – Finding Home

In the Raw – Finding Home

I never expected Woodland Mall to feel like coming home. We walked in a bit early for our appointment with the Apple Store - because you can't just walk in the store anymore, thank you Covid. Others with my particular skin tone were just one of many shades around me...

Theological Thursday – Theodor Seuss Geisel

Theological Thursday – Theodor Seuss Geisel

Did you know that his publisher bet Ted that he couldn’t write a book using only 50 words? The result was Green Eggs and Ham. Did you know Horton Hears a Who was published after Horton Hatches the Egg? I always figured Horton sat on the egg because he remembered a...