This month marks five years since I started a blog. It was the summer of 2010, and the two older girls were three and almost two when I first decided it might be good to have some sort of creative outlet. I was in a season when I didn’t leave the house much and longed…
When I was in graduate school we were required to take a class called Spiritual Formation. For some reason, I thought this would be a fun one to take my first semester, so I signed up with a very misguided sense of excitement about all we would learn about this fascinating topic. Little did I…
Exactly one year ago today, after much encouragement from the Spouse, I started this blog from a little table at Panera. I created a generic template on Blogger, typed my first post, and nervously hit “publish.” At that time I wasn’t sure if anyone would ever read it, if I’d be persistent enough to stick…
Yesterday a friend and I were talking about authenticity in writing. Specifically, we were agreeing that it’s hard to balance honesty, transparency, relevancy and responsibility each time we sit down to write. As a Christian, I want to write things that are generally encouraging. I feel a certain sense of obligation to be careful, gentle,…