Being a Person

Can't wait to get home and watch the Hunger Games! Wait..I mean, the Olympics.

Are we done talking about chicken yet?? Law... Let's all just breathe today, and remember...

Well, I'm late to the party, but here goes: I'm not eating at Chick-fil-A anymore....

It's been 2 months. That's 8 weeks of travel with young children; of shoe melting,...

Following a pretty rotten day, the universe will sometimes throw you a nearly perfect one....

I used to love those Richard Scarry books when i was a kid. You know...

It occurs to me that I should never be famous. Not that i was ever...

"Good afternoon. My name is **Jane** and I'm with **Betterthanyou** ministries. I was wondering if...

As a pastor, I see it time and time and time again: a person has been...

First, confessions of an English major: I was totally thrown off my zen today by...

While perusing a Pottery Barn catalogue the other day, i came across this picture. Now,...

I don't understand much about phishing scams, or how the low-lives who run them turn...

BOYCOTT JCPENNEY! WE DON"T WANT TO THINK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE WHEN WE"RE SHOPPING FOR OUR...

Well...I didn't mean to take a month-long hiatus from blogging, but sometimes, life happens. Thing...

 

"What a thing it is to sit absolutely alone, in the forests, at night, cherished...

I'm not crazy, as it turns out. Well, i might be...but i was not crazy...

Every year, in what i call "stewardship season," i revisit Brueggeman's "The Liturgy of Abundance."...

Some thoughts on finding/creating the perfect Halloween costume: First of all, nix that idea of...

An organized household, office, car, and bank account seem unattainable for people like me. People who not only...

October is a big month at my house. Yesterday was baby's birthday (not such a...

Miserable 24-hour stomach flu shared at our house this week. Thanks kids. You are adorable, and...

I love hiking in the desert (when it is below 90 degress...). I live in...

Raise your hand and jump up and down like a girl if you are super...

I was sitting on the floor of my crummy first-year-of-being-a-grownup apartment, doing grad school homework...

"The middle ground lies in the struggle. The acceptance that, when violence becomes necessary to...

When's the last time you got out the good china? After I went on and...

One thing they don't tell you when you go into the ministry [wait--there are about...

Some people have a loose relationship with the truth. I get that. Now me, I...

Know what makes me feel old? When kids i knew when they were LITTLE kids...