I used to watch a TV show called Blindspot with my husband. I liked the show, but he quickly found it ridiculous – too preposterous to waste time watching. He’s not wrong. The premise and nearly all the story lines are incredibly unrealistic. But I keep watching. And this season has been particularly moving as the main character, Jane, battles an ...
Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was ...
“Why does the moon appear to be following us?” my eleven-year-old asked as we drove across the bridge stretched over the lake. I glanced over at the moon. The calm, blue lake water magnified the beauty of the luminous sphere hovering above it. And as soon as we reached the other side of the bridge where trees lined the road, the moon seemed to ...
Food, glorious food. Whenever I talk to people about why they have a hard time inviting people over, notably, someone always mentions food. Do any of these thoughts sound familiar? - I don’t know what to serve. - I’m not a good cook. - What if they don’t like what I make? - How will I ever have it all ready at the same time? - It’s just ...
On a sun-drenched Saturday several years ago, we gathered at Jen’s house, each bringing a glass or porcelain plate. On Jen’s driveway, we took turns dropping our plates. After each one shattered, we walked around and picked up a few of each other’s shards to add to a few of our own. Because this is what good friends do: become safe places to break ...
I never wanted to be a part of this club. I never imagined when I was a bride sailing down the aisle at age twenty-five that twelve years later I would be living “‘til death do us part.” This wasn’t part of the plan or part of a future I had ever imagined. I am a widow. That word defines me in some sense as one who has lost a husband. It ...
I saw her walking along the sidewalk ahead of me with her knit cap on. She carried two heavy grocery bags, one in each hand. Her petite frame, less than five feet tall, barely kept the plastic from scraping the ground. Where had she come from? Where was her car? The closest market of any kind was at least a mile away. Had she walked that far ...
Over the past few months, I've made a new group of friends. Making friends at any age can be hard, let alone when you're a bit older. These friends came at a time when I was feeling as though a shift were coming in regards to my intimate community. For me, the body of Christ is everything, and not having close family ties over the course of my life ...
Two years ago, my family spent week after week sitting in waiting rooms and hoping for answers. Two years ago, just a few hours before the light of Easter morning began to stretch across the sky, my phone lit up with one of the worst text messages of my life. Exactly one year prior, on the greatest In-Between day, I began writing Even If Not. At ...
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV) There are distinct moments in my life that are permanently embedded in my brain: my mother exiting the doctor's office on a cold January morning, her face pale and ...
