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…
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…
Even if you didn’t grow up in church, you probably know the story of Jonah. He was the guy who ran away from God and got swallowed by a big fish. Sounds familiar, right? Let’s dive a little deeper into the situation. Why did Jonah run from God? Well, God asked Jonah to do something,…
If I could have a do-over for one season of my life, it would be college. Fear ruled my choices during those years, and as a result, I chucked a number of long-cherished dreams into the wastebasket. Perhaps this is why, when some young person in my life poo-poohs the value of the whole college experience…
For Seth, my blogger poet friend, with great thanks. I hadn’t thought about blogging poetry. I don’t know why. I’ve written poetry all my life; why not here? Writing this today was like drinking a really good glass of wine on a hillside with all of summer in bloom around me. I’d forgotten the…
A little over a year ago, my eighteen-year-old brother was killed in a car accident. It was the kind of tragedy that causes you to wonder what God could possibly be doing. But I’m not here to talk about death or grief today. What I want to talk about is something altogether different. A few…