Daily Step – Ash Wednesday
We are for a day, marked. We are for a day, visibly human. I recently wrote an article for @bustedhalo about Ash Wednesday. As we begin...
February 26, 2020
Daily Step – Preparing for Lent
I can be super self-critical. I mean I’ve found half a dozen things I’d like to alter in this photo alone. Am I alone in this?...
February 25, 2020
The Feet a Mother Could Love
This past weekend I gathered my crew together for a 15 minute mini-session of family photos. Now, I am not one to have high expectations for...
April 18, 2019
Engaging in Christ’s Story
This past January, I was at a conference in Miami, Fl. We took a bus one evening to dinner. I do NOT do buses well. And...
April 14, 2019
Sitting together, imperfect and human
I was a guilt-stricken child. Whenever I did something wrong, it weighed on me so much so that I’d often confess before anyone even knew I...
April 7, 2019
Growing in love, shrinking in distance
As the fear of being late to a Friday night baseball game loomed in front of us, I frantically handed pieces of my son’s uniform to...
April 4, 2019
What about those who prepared the feast?
I passed a colleague the other day who was reviewing a retreat talk on the Prodigal Son. “Is it wrong,” I asked him, “that I just...
March 31, 2019
With the persistence of an earnest child
“Mom, we need a baby chicken in our lives.” These were the words coming from a very earnest six year old buckling up in the back...
March 24, 2019
You are loved by God, no matter what
As my son finished his math homework the other night, I heard him exclaim “I. AM. AMAZING!” punctuating every word. He came into the kitchen a...
March 19, 2019
Coming Down the Mountain
This past week, we drove for eleven straight hours to get to Colorado for a brief vacation. When vacations start, especially with three littles, I am...
March 17, 2019