How To Live In The Dark

How To Live In The Dark

 I don’t know a lot, but I do know this: Reading news headlines right before crawling into bed is never a good idea. Last night, I looked at my husband as I closed my laptop and said, “I am overwhelmed with fear.” I started listing all the things...
How Do I Speak Without Adding to the Noise?

How Do I Speak Without Adding to the Noise?

The past two weeks have been filled with all kinds of headline-making news………….. Tragedies Debates Controversies. Social media has been on fire with everything from anguish to celebration anger to joy despair to hope I’ve occasionally...
When Fear and Peace Collide

When Fear and Peace Collide

June seems like a strange month to reflect on the birth of Jesus, but, if I’m really honest, the phrase “Jesus is the Reason for the Season,” makes me cringe a bit every December. I’m just thinking the last thing Jesus would have wanted His...
When Tattoos Talk and Grandmas Get Some Glory

When Tattoos Talk and Grandmas Get Some Glory

I noticed his arms every time we sat down in the library to work on math. It’s not often you see a teenage boy with Betty Boop permanently etched into one arm and  Charlie Brown’s friend Lucy etched into the other.   One day, not long before the school...