March 2nd of this year marked the anniversary of the day I decided that I wanted to be a follower of Jesus for the rest of my life. It’s hard to believe that was twenty-four years ago. If you’re curious, you can check out a post I wrote several years ago called finding grace, which is…
Remember how I said that I was going to soldier on, and keeping fighting myself into wiser patterns of thought and behavior? You would think that at this point in my life, I would know better than to make statements like that… Last week was rather an epic Lenten fail. I did not succeed in establishing anything even…
Can I tell you something really personal? You know, just between us and the rest of the internet? I’m re-discovering something about myself this Lenten season, but I find myself wanting to qualify it with phrases like “I might be,” and “a little bit,” and “maybe.” So I’ll tell you: I might be a little bit of…
My car wouldn’t start this morning. This car is eighteen years old and has over 211,000 miles on it. It’s freezing cold out there. It’s allowed not to start every once and awhile. It’s earned that much. But I found myself texting the friend on whom I had to cancel: “I really did not need…
I have a confession to make. It’s January 22nd, and my Christmas tree is still up. I just haven’t been able to bring myself to put it away yet. Advent and the 12 days of Christmas that follow have always been, by far, my absolute most favorite time of the year, but this year, I feel…
