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A Commitment to Hope

  • Post published:February 14, 2025
  • Post category:Current Events/Faith/Privilege and Race
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I want to start out by saying: The work I do is not about politics, and I’m going to try hard to make sure it doesn’t become about politics. That…

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Read more about the article I Wish More Churches Would Love Their Neighbors Like This

I Wish More Churches Would Love Their Neighbors Like This

  • Post published:February 12, 2025
  • Post category:Disability/Faith/Parenting
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Take delight in who you are (and/or in who your child is). Connect to community. Take the next step towards a good future. I had the chance to share this…

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Read more about the article Dry January and Lent

Dry January and Lent

  • Post published:February 10, 2025
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I just finished Dry January, which is to say, I abstained from alcohol for the month of January. It was hard at first, and then it became good, and it…

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Read more about the article Family Formation: What is “the good life” for our children?

Family Formation: What is “the good life” for our children?

  • Post published:January 27, 2025
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I loved getting to speak yesterday at Church of the Incarnation in Dallas about Reimagining Family Life. Our topic for their Family Formation evening was: What is “the good life”…

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Read more about the article The key to a flourishing life isn’t more effort.

The key to a flourishing life isn’t more effort.

  • Post published:January 18, 2025
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Every New Year, it’s the same message on repeat: Try harder. Work harder. Think harder. We hear it everywhere—from fitness apps and social media gurus to life-hack enthusiasts and even…

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Read more about the article S8 E8 | The Discipline of Inspiration with Carey Wallace

S8 E8 | The Discipline of Inspiration with Carey Wallace

  • Post published:January 14, 2025
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Apple YouTube Spotify More!  "Just try harder. Work harder. Think harder." But what if the key to creativity, whether that’s in our art or in the art of our daily…

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Read more about the article Embracing the Mystery (more than the magic) of Christmas

Embracing the Mystery (more than the magic) of Christmas

  • Post published:December 20, 2024
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Amidst the morning snowfalls and twinkling lights and jolly tunes, we’ve received grim news from a few different people in recent weeks. One of my childhood friends died in her…

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Read more about the article RNS | You will need to stay for 15 minutes to see the art

RNS | You will need to stay for 15 minutes to see the art

  • Post published:December 11, 2024
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A few weeks ago, my husband and I visited Mass MoCA, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. One wing of the museum is devoted to the creations of James Turrell,…

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Read more about the article Truths From “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”

Truths From “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”

  • Post published:December 10, 2024
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We went to see The Best Christmas Pageant Ever as a family a couple of weeks ago. I’m still an even bigger fan of the 1980s, made-for-tv, low-budget, low-quality, 48-minute version,…

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Read more about the article Let’s have this conversation together.

Let’s have this conversation together.

  • Post published:December 6, 2024
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These days, my writing and speaking are drawn to interdependence—the beauty of life together, of reciprocal relationships of love and care. Often, these relationships of mutuality (or, as Rosemarie Garland-Thomson called them, complementarity1) don’t just…

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