Saying Goodbye
I am in denial that I am leaving the South in 2 weeks, and especially that I am leaving Nashville. I have a far more poetic post in the works, but I needed some catharsis by way of...
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The red clay called me first, a land literally more colorful than my own Hot and muggy Drinking more than breathing with glasses and video cameras fogged and no see ‘ums swirling all around. It was...
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If You’ll Let Me Love You
I have been following Addie Zierman’s blog, How to Talk Evangelical, for a little under a year (I think), and am not overstating things to say that I am CRAZY EXCITED about her book which comes out...
View ArticleOut of the Darkness
In my church community group, we are currently in the midst of a book about prayer (A Praying Life). Prayer is… not my strong suit, and I am grateful for the way the book addresses some of my major...
View ArticleLead of Love
A year ago, almost to the day, I was convinced that I was going to move to Texas. I was also certain that I was SUPPOSED to move to my current midwestern location, but could not see the way that was...
View ArticleOrdinary Time
I wrote this in early January during what is considered by the liturgical calendar to be “ordinary time”. So it was more appropriately titled and themed at the time it was written, but my blog was...
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Chasing Spring
I went into Lent thinking I would make an effort to spend more time writing here, and instead ended up with a couple grueling 70 hour work weeks and a bad cold and a grant with a fast approaching...
View ArticleOn Kenya
I realized that while I wrote about my plans to go to Kenya, I never actually wrote about my time there. There’s no great reason for this, except to say that my time there was busy and full, and, as...
View Article-in-love.
As a stepdaughter, only child, and unmarried woman, I am familiar with the concept that you don’t have to be blood-related to be family. I have “adopted” (not really) family members of all kinds –...
View ArticleEncountering the Encounter
I thought for a long time about whether or not I wanted to write this post. Would I offend someone (assuming anyone reads this anyway)? Would I just be revealing my own cynicism? I’m not really sure....
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