Hush Up, You Bells
She said it in a serious meeting, so I couldn’t clap my hands or laugh at the wonder and beauty of it out loud. We were talking about death, for goodness sake. We sat around a conference table, discussing a sort of gentle rubric, a structure Kendra had lovingly...
Beware of Gifts After Midnight
Don’t let this cute kitten face fool you. This is the same creature who hopped onto my bed at 3:42 am Saturday night and brought me a present fresh from the backyard, still alive and wriggling in her mouth! Maybe she felt sorry for me, abandoned for the weekend...
How to Do Hard Things: A Second Grader Reveals the Shocking Truth
You know that big thing you’ve been wanting to do? The thing that’s a little out of your comfort zone? The one that would be hard and even a little bit scary? The one you keep putting off, telling yourself maybe later because I sure as heck don’t...
Reason #37,219 Why Kids Are the Best
Y’all, I’m falling in love all over again. We have a new crop of first graders on the Children’s Hall, and already they’re teaching me things I didn’t know. Like Reason #37,219 Why Kids Are the Best. What is reason #37,219? you ask? I...
When God Tastes Like Brownies…
© 2010 jeffreyw, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio She posted it on Facebook last week, and I couldn’t get the question out of my head. “Do you know that God tastes like brownies dropped off by a friend from seminary when one is feeling very sorry for one’s self?” Some...
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