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When Prospering Looks Peculiar
In case I wondered if my anxiety had been cured, it flared up again recently. This is a super inconvenient time to be rendered unable to function because I am … Continue reading When Prospering Looks Peculiar
The Holiness of Self-care
It’s often hard to think about self-care, isn’t it? When I think of it, I get this image of myself on a beach with my best friends relaxing. But then … Continue reading The Holiness of Self-care
Purposive Pain
As they go, I had super easy childbirths for the four children I’m raising. Seriously, when seasoned mothers are swapping war-stories in front of terrified mothers-to-be, I have nothing … Continue reading Purposive Pain
The Addiction of Self-Righteousness
A friend of mine said something weird to me recently. She said two women in her family expressed that she wasn’t doing “enough” for her husband. My first reaction was … Continue reading The Addiction of Self-Righteousness
Engaging with the Transformation
As I have mentioned before, I hate exercising. I thought I really hated the elliptical, but now I long to merely do that. Because I have had to turn up the … Continue reading Engaging with the Transformation
Perfectionism and Dungeons & Dragons
One of the great travesties of the 90s is how fear of something difficult to understand convinced well-meaning Christians that Dungeons and Dragons was akin to the occult. I blindly … Continue reading Perfectionism and Dungeons & Dragons
De-stigmatizing secular therapy
I want to talk a little about the problem that many Christians have with going to counseling. I know that it exists because I have been reading a book for … Continue reading De-stigmatizing secular therapy
Splitting Infinitives
I love to write. Love thinking about creative ways of putting words together to express ideas! I love writing so much that I have taught it and also consulted others … Continue reading Splitting Infinitives
Sufficient Grace
Sometimes, I know exactly what I’m going to write about next. This one, I’ve sat on for weeks. Because it’s a hard one. I’d much rather write about racial inequality … Continue reading Sufficient Grace
Life on a budget
I was talking with my friend about getting rid of toys. She was amazed when I told her that we’d gotten rid of like half of our toys before moving … Continue reading Life on a budget
Be still!
The past several months have been intense. Stuff in my life, really heavy things in the lives of my closest friends. Impossible, unfixable, heart-breaking stuff. Stuff that I can’t do … Continue reading Be still!
Foxes have holes
When we moved to rural Indiana, I knew we were finally home. Jon had completed his education. We bought an amazing house that we could see our children as teenagers … Continue reading Foxes have holes
