Sisters in seminary, I’ve been thinking about you. More specifically, I’ve been thinking about those of you enrolled at evangelical seminaries. You came to mind last week, when the internet exploded with…
Yesterday I tweeted something that got a surprising amount of traction. Ever since, my brain has continued to chew on it, and I wanted to follow up with some additional thoughts. This was the…
What if everyone agreed with me? I’ve been asking myself that question a lot the past few days. Or should I say daydreaming about it, because that’s really what it amounts…
“I believe; help my unbelief.” – Mark 9:24 Ever since I was a little girl, faith has come easily to me. It wasn’t hard to believe in God. It wasn’t…
Last week I went to Charleston. I planned the trip months ago with my mom and cousins. It was going to be a fun, all girls get-away. We do it…
Last month a friend of mine posted this as his Facebook status: “It’s not even the 2016 election yet, and unfriend season is already in full swing. How did we…
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope the holiday has been full of love, family, friends, and good food! Now, I know the title of today’s post sounds a little self-serving. This…
A couple months ago I was chatting with a writer friend about our respective ministries, when she asked me a question I wasn’t prepared for: “I’ve noticed you’ve been distancing…
Just ask my husband Ike and he’ll tell you–I live for the summer. I am a warm climate kind of girl. Especially up here in arctic Illinois where the winters…
A couple years ago Ike and I lived in an apartment complex inhabited by mostly white families on the North Shore of Chicagoland. One summer we planned to go out…
