Some of you know, I’ve been taking classes at Fuller Seminary. I’m taking one class a quarter, so it’s slow going. But I’m able to keep up with the course work and still do some of the other things I need to do, like drive two teenagers around every afternoon when they get home from…
Last month, I turned forty-two. John took me out to dinner the night before, and the day of my birthday the kids came home in the early afternoon and the four of us, including Olive the dog, swam out to the dock in the middle of the lake. We jumped off the diving boards, and…
I quit drinking wine about a year ago for 100 days. That decision was a long time coming. Those 100 days were so good, so clarifying that a month after they ended, I decided to quit drinking alcohol for a good, at least for a good long while. I’m not exactly sure what a good…
At the end of every season, if I have time, it’s helpful to reflect and think about the things that I’ve been learning. In no particular order, these are ten things I learned this year. New Testament Greek. I’ve still got another quarter to go, but this fall, I signed up for NT Greek thinking…
I am a huge fan of eating together around the table. It’s one of the things I value most in this world. Eating around the table with people I love and respect does something to make me feel grounded and hopeful. It creates a structure in my routine and helps me feel connected to the…
I’m big on hope. I care about helping people foster and nurture the possibility of hope. Hope isn’t a feeling we can force. After living forty years on this little blue planet, I’ve realized we go through seasons when we have heaps of hope, when everything around the corner is overwhelming positive. But we also…
I have long appreciate almost everything Emily Freeman writes. I love how each quarter she takes stock of what she’s learned, and I thought I’d give it a try. June came and went in a huge blur, like a comet, but a beautiful one. Here are six things I learned: Eating dinner together, as a…
