A Reader Asks: Is Self-Care Biblical?

A Reader Asks: Is Self-Care Biblical?

Is better self-care on your mind for the New Year? Are you needing a break, but rest time never seems long enough? Mention the term ‘self-care’ within the audible range of some Christian collectives, and it’s like the clouds suddenly roll back and a...
Good News At Thanksgiving

Good News At Thanksgiving

For all of my sweater-weather-loving friends, Autumn is here! If you’re anything like some of the gals I work with, you’ve been sipping down spiced pumpkin everything and lunching on steamy roasted tomato soups for weeks already. Here in the Midwest, as the leaves...
Surrender

Surrender

A Confession Surrender. It’s such a loaded word, don’t you agree? It bears a hefty weight—awkward to maneuver. It’s all-consuming if you happen to get it right. Its fancy synonyms demand no less—try replacing surrender with acquiesce, capitulate, or...
What’s It Like Being A Widow?

What’s It Like Being A Widow?

Tentative, thoughtfully fumbling with his words, my adult son asked me over a shared breakfast date, “So, … what’s it like being single(?)—I mean, … what’s it like being a Widow?” God love him; this same son, at barely five years old, intently...
Choosing To Trust God

Choosing To Trust God

Some Wounds Don’t Heal Many dear folks have privately asked me how the family and I are doing these several months into our new lives missing Stache and mourning his loss. While I can’t presume to answer publicly for my adult kids, I can confidently say,...