Lent Day 2: Sorting, Stretching & Overpriced Hairspray

February 19, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Yesterday I almost bought $27 hairspray. I liked the way it smelled as the stylist finished my hair, so I grabbed it off the shelf next to the counter as I checked out. Then the receptionist gave me a bill that was A LOT more than what I usually pay, and I quickly put the […]

Almost Late for Lent

February 18, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

I want to blog for Lent. I hope it works out. I’m learning that my grandiose declarations don’t always pan out as I envision, so no promises. But I thought I’d show up and say that I’d LIKE to do some regular blogging about this season that has been so important in my spiritual life. […]

Thank God THAT’S Not True…

August 27, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’m driving a lot this week, which means I’ve had the chance to listen to some different podcasts. One sermon in particular caught my attention yesterday. The speaker claimed that the overarching theme of the Bible is that we need to treat other people better. He claimed that this is THE choice Jesus offers us, and […]

A Wedding, A Funeral

August 20, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

On Saturday, Super-G & I had front row seats as our friend re-married her husband. They’d been divorced for enough years that this qualified as a miracle. It was a break-out-the-tissues moment, and I spent the entire ceremony trying to pick my jaw up out of my lap. Because even though I knew they were […]

Encouraging News in Cambridge

May 13, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

Last night, Harvard cancelled the Satanic Black Mass scheduled to be held on campus. I suspect some of the people championing the “reenactment” were just trying to be part of something showy & noteworthy at the end of the school year and had no concept of the evil they were playing with. Others, like the […]

To Awful to Watch

April 18, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

I wasn’t going to post (or think) about Good Friday this year, but then two things happened. First, we hired men with ladders and wire to trap and remove the squirrel that has been eating through our house. It was awful. I had to put a towel up over the window because I couldn’t watch. […]

Resurrection

April 9, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

One of the surprising things about life with God is how often He lets things die. Dreams, relationships, careers, people. It’s like He’s utterly unfazed by death. The Bible preps us for this–all the talk about agrarian seasons, Jesus’ resurrection, the Apostle Paul reminding us in his letters that as we follow Jesus, the old […]

Yes, but/So what?

March 20, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’m living in tension today. Actually, we all are, but sometimes it’s more noticeable than others. Here’s the deal: On the one hand: friends I love are posting blogs about the times when it looks like God does not come through. How hard that is, and how weird. When God doesn’t sell your house in time […]

Big Hopeful Thoughts From Our Trip to Hawaii!

March 12, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

I am way behind where I thought I’d be in sharing with you about our trip to Hawaii! We’ve been home for a week now, and each day I sort of wander around and do what needs to be done, but allthewhile I’m lost in kind of a reverie, thinking about God. Okay, that sounds […]

Sermon: Do I Believe What I Just Said?

February 10, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.

We tried something new with our Sunday time this week. It was just Steve & me (and THAT DOG, of course) so we had some freedom to tiptoe into this sense I keep getting from God, that I should trust Him to provide inspiration on the fly. I tend to go off-script when I give […]