I have been doing dip manicures for over a year now. If you don't know what a dip manicure is here is how the Cleveland Clinic defines it: "a popular manicure technique where your natural or artificial nails are brushed with a resin/glue base and dipped into a finely milled colored powder. The process is […]

I have been reposting older content lately. I like going back and reading my own posts. They make me smile and they make me think and I hope they do one or the other for you, too. If they do both, all the better! But I am committed to a bit of a new thing: […]

I wrote this 8 years ago. It brings me great joy to re-share today. ********* I want to give you a glimpse into my life. For those who know me this story will not surprise. For those who think you know me this story will help you know me better. I was shopping for groceries […]

What to write, what to write, what to write? When those in charge of our nation's Department of WAR (!!) use snarling, violent words? And speak about bombs, destruction and bloodshed while praying for God's providence over acts of death? What to write, what to write, what to write? When those in power use hard-to-understand, […]

Christians have such a weird relationships with hard emotions. I think it is because we often are led to believe that expressing sadness, disappointment, anger, or fear means that we don't trust God, we don't believe God is good, that we are somehow failing God by being less than perfectly cheerful every day of our […]

It is difficult to know what and how to write in these times. Structures and norms and institutions we count on to be steady ground beneath our feet are crumbling or being intentionally destroyed. Though my life, in and of itself, could not be considered difficult or threatened, it is still hard to know how […]