Contempt for the Easy Answer

I couldn't accept what I didn't understand, until suddenly I could. [Click title to read more.]

On Pets, Heaven, and the Goodness of God

I believe God is good - even and especially when it comes to the creatures I steward and care for. [Click title to read more.]

We believe, until the cracks in the glass start to show. I had to ask God to help my unbelief. [Click title to read more.]

Words can be cheap. But bearing witness isn't. [Click title to read more.]

We feel, in heart and memory, the break in the bone. [Click title to read more.]

Nothing about death is right or good, but facing it has made me understand the radical nature of what I believe. [Click title to read more.]

This Advent, my hope is to present myself exactly as I am to God and to a season that mingles both mourning and joy. [Click title to read more.]

Hope begins with what I know cannot be done. [Click title to read more.]

I've got nothing, and that's okay. [Click title to read more.]

Rest is a spiritual mandate, and we ignore it at our peril. [Click title to read more,]