5 Things You Should Know about the Middle East Ugh. Terror everywhere. James Foley. 21 Martyrs. Charlie Hebo. Youtube beheadings left, right, and center. No matter where I...
Where is this road taking me? (on sickness and on health) I felt like an alien. Af first it was just a nuisance when the mysterious itchy welts appeared on...
My Ridiculous Tantrum (aka God’s Unending Patience) Meet grumpy badger. He so aptly represents my latest (very immature) huff against God. Who would have thought that my...
Macaron Madness: My Easy Recipe This summer, I joined the macaron-making conversation. Or madness. What have you. It happened on a whim. Ashley and...
Why I Thank God for Closed Doors Life is a hallway of doors. You take one step forward. Then another. You see a door. Knock on...
Plant and Wait There’s something in me that thrills to recall finding God’s love for the very first time. There’s something in...
My Mother’s Legacy — Mother’s Day 2014 My mom, a little Asian woman with a huge smile and a fierce child-like wonder, is weeping over lunch....
Bubbles the Evangelical Bunny “Mom,” asks Evan, my nine-year old son, “Will we see Bubbles in heaven? Because she belonged to an evangelical...
When You Don’t Have a Job You Love I’ve always been somewhat uncomfortable with my Western privilege. I sometimes feel guilty that I have so much choice...
Food Musings — Why Care? Homeschooler and mother of two, Lavone Li is a “pollanist” – she’s a fan of the home-grown, organic food ethic. Li intentionally shops locally...
8 Things I Learned Teaching Sunday School When my husband and I were still in the get-to-know-you phase, he asked me, “What kind of church ministry...
Driven to Distraction…(umm literally) There is one video that made me break the law. Truly. It’s a video of me and my church dance team...
Is Tough Love ‘Nuff Love? “Okay. You get to cut the cookie in half. I get to choose which piece to eat.” “No! That’s...
I left my heart in San Francisco Does everyone else get as sentimental as I do about San Francisco? This weekend jaunt was one of those...
Younger and Darker: The Future Face of the North American Church The Future Face of the North American...
The Cinderella Story Disney’s Frozen, loosely based on “The Snow Queen,”came out at the end of November to rave reviews. But I’m conflicted. I’m not...
Why Indulge in (Periodic) Church-Hopping I am taut and strung-out. I need to be at the courts by 9am. The courts, the courts, the...
Slaves of the Internet: Submit or Rebel? I have a family connection to a Pulitzer prize winning journalist. So when I decided that I want to...
That Christmas We Grieved Two and a half years ago, the unthinkable happened. My friend, a beautiful young mom of two, went missing....