I was sitting at a middle school track meet last night and could feel my heart jump every time the starter fired his pistol into the air. There is no universe in which that sound should conjure up the fears and images it does. But here we are on the heels of a hard and…
Every year I do the same thing. I come crashing into Holy Week. And coming off a particularly strange and difficult year, I find myself in even more of a tailspin than usual. I’m grasping for control in areas I have absolutely no control over. I’m wound up and worn out from trying to hold…
It never fails that I make a mess of what is supposed to be the most reflective week of the Christian year. Maybe because Easter is in the spring when the pace of activities picks up, but I always find myself more hurried and harried than usual in the days leading up to it. I’ve…
Yesterday we sent the 5th Grader off on her first overnight class trip. She’s at a camp where they’re learning about archery and canoeing, doing ropes courses, and holding snakes. When I saw “hands-on reptile exploration” on the information sheet I knew then and there that I had made the right call in not signing…