Tuesday I began a three-part series on the struggle to find a home church. In Part 1, I discussed the conundrum of having to become members before you can get involved in community. Today, I want to unpack our disappointment with membership requirements that don’t fit who we are, where we are, and how we…
One of my favorite passages in the whole Bible is Acts 2:42-47, which describes the early church: The Fellowship of the Believers 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles….
Like most families, we have traditions. Holiday rituals. Seasonal activities. Anniversaries we celebrate. Annual birthday meals (April, for example, finds us drooling over my husband’s perennial choice of birthday cake–dark chocolate with peanut butter frosting). These sporadic events are special in our home, and we cherish them. But as my oldest has grown from infant…
Last weekend, one of my writers at The Glorious Table came to me, confessing that she thought another writer on the team had committed plagiarism on her personal blog. Unsure what to do about it, she looked to me for counsel. Plagiarism is a serious offense, and I had to think carefully about how to advise…
I always wanted daughters. A pair of them, so that they could grow up together, vascillating between hating and loving, ultimately becoming soul mates and best friends. A Mary and Laura of my own. For years, I wasn’t sure I’d ever get to be a mom at all, much less a mom to girls. I…
In his acclaimed Walden, Henry David Thoreau writes, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.” Quiet desperation. I’ve certainly had my moments of it, mostly when the trajectory of my life seemed to be–well, a non-trajectory. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned about God in…