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Sep 28

Tending a Marriage with Prayer

We are humbled that God takes time to listen to us. We were married 35 years before starting to pray together like this.

Sep 18

The Story We Tell Ourselves

To ensure we are living accurate narratives, we need people with whom we can be open about the stories we tell ourselves.

Sep 15

Reframing Midlife Marriage

Our crisis revealed itself as an opportunity to evaluate our lives and make significant changes. ... We worked hard for our marriage.

Sep 1

Untangling the Past

I feared unraveling the threads of my past and exposing myself to the pain and heartache I'd spent much of my life working to overcome.

Aug 25

Facts versus Feelings

Feelings are always real in the sense that they exist. But sometimes they are just feelings, not truth.

Aug 18

God Willing

This year, this pandemic year, has sent my well-wrought plans (and yours too, I'm quite sure) careening off the rails.

Aug 4

The Only Way Through Is Together

I found myself fighting the urge to withdraw and become invulnerable in the relationship and conversation by pretending and performing.

Jul 28

Grace in Social Media

Learning to show grace in social media is a process, often one of responding more slowly and thoughtfully, and showing restraint.

Jul 21

Let's Talk About Grief

I know we're being brave and showing up and soldiering on. But it's okay to grieve, too. We don't have to pretend we're not sad.

Jul 7

Finding Our Place

I fretted about going into the party. Part of my hesitancy was rooted in my journey to find confidence as God's beloved.

Jun 30

True Listening

In between all the doing and responding, are we overlooking the one true catalyst of change? Are we taking time to listen to one another?

Jun 23

The God Who Sees

In the midst of the exclusion of not fitting in, it can be easy for me to feel invisible. I find solace and comfort in Hagar's story.

Jun 8

Truly Seeing

Colorblind assumes everyone is the same, which is different than treating everyone as equals. We are not the same, we are ethnic beings.

Jun 2

What Next

To my surprise ... relief didn't look like I thought it would. It came when I quit being a slave to shame and forgave myself.

May 26

When I'm In Pain

God has wrapped me in peace while carrying me through seasons of suffering. He has never minimized or dismissed my concerns.

May 18

How to Have Your Deepest Cravings Satisfied by God

When we gather to eat, I believe God wants to feed more than our appetites, he wants to feed our souls.

May 5

Missing Mom

If I quiet myself, I can imagine what my mom would say to me. I can still hear her voice and feel her love.

Apr 30

Lessons for Today from the 14th Century

Julian for Norwich had an unusual call from God; she anchored herself to a church, to be its 24-hour prayer warrior.

Apr 30

Thawing

Recently we've seen signs of thawing. Cold hearts warming. Frozen loved ones melting, opening. Spring? Wishful thinking? Or Aslan moving?

Apr 30

I Rest

I stared into the pinhole camera on my computer and wondered if the humans on the other side felt like I did - exhausted ...

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