It all counts. It's all life — good and hard, front yard and back — and God is in every bit of it if he is anywhere at all. Building a life, and building a faith, must be comprehensive if it is to transform us at all.
Tag: Faith
Dear Breathing Room
This year, whatever our season, may we learn the vocabulary that will help us to own what we need and listen for the needs of others.
Dear Authenticity
I often struggle to believe that my authentic self is worth bringing to the world. What does it mean for us to resemble the original, whole, genuine selves we were each made to be?
The Sound of This Season
He was wearing a blue collared shirt, and a kind expression skirted around his wrinkled temples and blue eyes. My college girlfriends and I were gathered around a table at a breakfast restaurant. The man in the blue shirt and his wife were seated next to us, within earshot of our fits of giggles. Our…
Monday
It’s Monday, and the little world around me is waking up groggily, sipping coffee and scrolling through Twitter, trying to wake up and wondering where another wonderful summer weekend went. Poolside afternoons have faded to pagers beeping and printers whirring and emails interrupting the 90-degree heat. Hello, new week. I ride the train on these Mondays, these…