In that early morning haze between sleeping and waking, I could almost hear the sound of their boots as they marched along the road. They were guarding something, keeping it safe… And then I was awake, with one word floating into focus against the backdrop of that imagery: perimeter. A perimeter is simply the outer…
Every now and again, a book comes along that completely captures my heart and soul. A book that says all the things that I’m pretty sure God has been trying to tell me anyway, and tells a story in which I can easily find mine. Michele Cushatt’s memoir, Undone, is exactly that kind of book. Michele’s…
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…
I knew that giving up my unhealthy sleeping patterns for Lent was going to be a challenge; I just hadn’t anticipated how much… One week in, I think I’m only at about a 75% success rate in terms of getting a good night’s sleep, and I’m nowhere near where I want to be by the end…
