I’m heading to Presbyterian Mecca tomorrow for a few days. (Those who care, know; those who don’t know, don’t care.)
I’m meeting with a group of young pastor colleagues to talk about some of the issues that have troubled the denomination of late. Five of us are on the liberal/progressive end of things, four on the […]

Because it’s all the rage at journalscape and I am a hopeless conformist.
Actually, because it’s fun.
Ten things I’ve done, with no claims at uniqueness
1. given birth unmedicated
2. visited both Alaska and Hawaii
3. worked three jobs fall of senior year in college; achieved a 4.0 and walking pneumonia
4. eaten canned icing by the spoonful (man […]

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too many donuts.
where did my youthful butt go?
damn you, cellulite.
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your molars peek through,
you push all my buttons—you’re
definitely two.
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What is abundance?
Abundance is deciding to do something frivolous and fun even though you don’t remotely have time.
Abundance is my husband going through the alphabet cookie container, assembling an I L-O-V-E Y-O-U message on a plate, and decorating each cookie with pink frosting.
Abundance will direct all your online friends to the new blog of one […]

birth, motherhood—not for the faint-hearted:
On the eve of my daughter’s second birthday
Two years ago tonight
You woke me up in the dark morning.
You had done so once before,
without incident,
And many times since, too many to count,
all of them melted together into a single blurry sleepwalk—
But this time I remember.
I made us a cup of tea,
to see […]

OK, I’m giving myself 10 minutes off from working. How much can I write in 10 minutes? We’re about to find out:
Ugh. What a week. Due to a scheduling convergence I taught four different groups this week, and I’m preaching Saturday/Sunday, and we have some wonderful family visiting this weekend, and my daughter’s birthday is […]

You never know what you’re going to find in your mailbox. I’m doing another gift exchange through an on-line community I’m a part of, and have been waiting for a Valentine’s Day package to arrive. But Friday I received a large white envelope filled with papers dotted with arrow-shaped “please sign and return” post-it notes.
I’m […]

read parts I and II, part III, parts IV and V, and part VI of the travelogue
Part VII: Barcelona
We had a free weekend during our stint in Geneva, so a bunch of us decided to take a Friday-night train to Barcelona. Thankfully, the Barcelona train was much nicer than the jalopy we had taken to […]