exploring faith through the power of stories
I have locked my keys in my car so many times in the last three years I’ve lost count. On more than one occasion I had to call pop-a-lock (expensive) because I was either in another city or because we didn’t have a spare set of keys. On one occasion our other car was in … Continue reading Unlocking Habits: Some Formative Books from My Last Decade
Today’s post is brought to by my “What’s Saving My Life” series because it is rainy and dreary and I’m still in recovery mode from a very full season. In times like this it is helpful for me to look up and around and notice the things that are bringing me joy and life, even … Continue reading A List of Life Savers
I’m a glutton for books. I have to keep myself from going to the library every week because I snatch books off the shelves and pack them in my arms until they are overflowing—not unlike a kid with her first birthday cake smeared across her face, arms, and hair. I walk out in … Continue reading Gluttony
I discovered Harry Potter in elementary school. My best friend at school let me borrow her copy of The Chamber of Secrets, and even starting out of order, I was hooked. I have distinct memories of reading The Goblet of Fire in the back of my parent’s electric blue Explorer as we drove around Austin … Continue reading What’s Saving My Life: Bedtime Stories
This post is a bonus insert into my series on hospitality. It is also the first of this year’s book reviews. Check back next week for a post about the hospitality I experienced as I travelled around the world. I like to read and I always find myself texting and chatting up people about what I … Continue reading The Library Book
“Concorde pears…try them before they’re gone!” Advertising got me. So, I snagged three bruised up Concorde pears and dropped them in my thin plastic produce bag just in case they really were going, going, gone. I got home from the grocery store and tossed them in a canvas New Yorker bag and let them wait … Continue reading New Fruit, New Rhythms: My First Writing Retreat
This blog is a space where I process the intersection of my daily life—the beautiful and complicated—with my faith in and through Christ. I wrote in this other post about how growing up in the church I received the message that I could only know God—and therefore please God—by having a daily “quiet time.” For … Continue reading Lamplight Studies: An Introduction
What’s saving my life right now? The library. My parents read to me every night before bed, long before Kindergarten—basically since I was born. My favorite book was Peter Rabbit. I was a stickler for the story. I had memorized every word and if they skipped so much as a “the” in an effort to … Continue reading “having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card” – Arthur
