Archive for Jesus Christ Superstar

Find the Light

Yesterday morning, as the three of us cuddled in bed, the sun rose in the east. It cast patches of light into our room, including one tiny little square on the wall above our heads. Harry got up on hi...

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Across the River (And Other Thoughts on a Sunday)

It’s been so long since I’ve just sat down and written anything here. Just written. Just said whatever it was that I wanted to say in that moment. Most of the time, thoughts come to me at ...

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Restoring Me

Jen Hatmaker’s most recent blog post, After the Airport, has been making the rounds on Facebook. It is an honest look at the hard, beautiful work of parenting after the “Gotcha Day.”...

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Thoughts from the Summit

As it typically happens during a learning conference, a theme emerged for me the past two days at the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit. And for me, as it almost always is, that theme was children...

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A Verse for Life

Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. (Deut 6:5). Harry was dedicated at church yesterday. With about a dozen other families, we stood on the pl...

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Hope in the Manger

It’s a quiet Christmas Eve morning. There is fresh snow outside, my baby is asleep in the wrap, my husband is safe upstairs, on vacation from work for a whole week. The dogs are fed, which means...

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Orphan Sunday

(Warning: This is all over the place.) Today is Orphan Sunday. I wish that I had something profound to say about it, but I fear that I don’t. Don’t get me wrong, i have a lot of thoughts a...

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Where My Hope Lives

“I’m not sure how men and women without a strong view of God’s sovereignty and authority over all things handle things like this.” – Pastor Matt Chandler Oh, I cried. There have been...

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They are written, so that you might believe

There is a well-known worship leader/musician, who recently came out about a years-long affair. Lately, when a song by him would pop up on Pandora, I would hit “next,” and I’d find myself gettin...

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Taste & See

When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel...

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