• Life, enjoyed

    Over the weekend, I was able to enjoy some time with my family. There is something incredible about getting older (assuming “older” is coupled with maturity) – I’m learning to enjoy the moments spent…

  • Guns and the Heart of Jesus

    I will never forget sitting in a service at my church in Florida listening to two young men* describe the horror of the earthquake in Haiti. I will never forget how they described the…

  • Scary Spring

    Spring, so far, is excruciating in Chicago. There is this unending thought that it might just be easier to sew my sleeping bag-like jacket to myself, and that I will never know the feeling…

  • The Pope and The Important

    Picking the next Pope must be hard. I mean, I would never be involved (mainly because I am not Catholic and I am a woman), but I imagine it to be a series of…

  • Sweet March

    “In February, the flora and fauna are dead, the traffic turns the snow the color of tobacco juice, the children are shuttered away in their schools, and the long days are silent. The cats…

  • Lent: Undivided Intentionality

    Lent. Not to be confused with “lint.” Over the years, this term has become very real in my heart. Before I delve into that, it is wise to get an understanding of what Lent…

  • Freedom

    I mentioned in a recent post that I am in a season of getting to know myself; becoming “self-aware” as some would like to say. While I haven’t completely marched out of this season,…

  • Tides

    Lying awake this morning, I kept thinking of His tides. This is how He reminds me…

  • (Realistic) Resolutions for 2013

    Whenever a new year rolls around, I begin to feel that pressure to pursue some unrealistic resolution(s). There is only one distinct time that I recall an expectation for myself that year, and it…