On Friday Ike and I celebrated 5 years of marriage together! Woohoo! Around this time each year, I find myself reflecting on how our lives have changed, what the future...
There's a bumper sticker floating around--you may have seen it--that reads, "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." There are a lot of days when that phrase really resonates...
Since Friday, Ike has been out of town serving at our church's annual summer youth retreat. It has been a little lonely around here without him, but I have also...
I really enjoy being nice to people. Initiating friendly small talk with my grocery store cashier or graciously showing patience to my over-worked waitress all bring me happiness. There's something...
Well it's 7am and I'm sitting in the San Francisco airport waiting to board a plane. My mind is brimming with all the insights and challenges from the past few...
One of the issues Ike and I have struggled with ever since we've been together is the question of cross-gender friendships. By "struggle" I don't mean that we've wrestled with...
When I was in seminary I had a professor who used to say, "People don't get married for love, but for lust. Only later does marriage teach us what love...