Becky’s Blog
Can a Band-Aid Be Holy?
When I took Josiah for a stroll around Asheville's nature center a week ago, I had no idea so much would happen to me. Who knew...
In Solidarity with Sassy: Revealing Our Truth
I'm sorry, Sassy the Raccoon, for bursting out in laughter at your unfortunate predicament. I looked all over your enclosure for...
Who Gets to Play?
“It was an AR 15,” Ben said as I lifted my suitcase onto my bed and started unpacking. Todd and I had just returned from a four...
What To Do About All This Pain?
I love this photo. I took it outside a church in Bethlehem in Palestine last April, and it reminds me that God is God of all...
Why I Wear the Key
Sweet Grand Boy isn’t the only person curious about the key I sometimes wear around my neck. “What does it mean?” asked the tiny...
When Zip Gets Zapped
During the last week or so it seems all my zip got zapped. You too? I'd find myself at the end of the day staring at my phone,...
Three Things You Can Do to Experience God More in 2018
Is one of your goals for 2018 to experience God more often and more deeply this year? Thanks to some wise friends of mine, I...
Christmas from the Gospel According to Mrs. Fayssoux’s Class of Fives
You probably know all about the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and the Christmas story they tell. Allow me to...
Writing Memoir- Thoughts About Getting It on the Page
See the pile of notebooks amongst some of my French stuff I used to keep focus while I was writing The Holy Éclair? Those are...
Hungry for Something Good? Join The Holy Éclair Launch Team!
It sounds crazy, I know. Even as I wiped the chocolate from my lips and savored the heavenly goodness, I wondered if it was...
A Village for Josiah…and the Rest of Us
When Sarah asked me last week if I'd come up to Asheville on Friday for a practice run, I said that of course I would, and I was...
Sunday Dinner…with a Heaping Side of Judgement
By the look of the crowd lined up on the porch, Sunday dinner in the mountains after church would be worth the wait. Todd and I...
Marriage Versus the Power of Cheese
It was my birthday. That's why I was more than slightly perturbed. Well, technically it wasn't really my birthday, but it was...
Taking Baby to College … and the Dark Secret of Parenting
This is the little boy we took to college two weeks ago. See, he's all packed up. Our baby. In the big city of Chicago. Fourteen...