I am sure I have shared this quote or one similar to it before, but it has been on my mind again so I thought it would be worth sharing...

Recently, in my personal life, I have experienced heartbreak on behalf of a child. Outside circumstances, the actions of others, and a...

I was recently reminded of election night. I didn't cry, but I felt like it. For the first time in my life as a voter, every single human...

Over the years, I have thought often about Frederick Douglass’ description of the injury done to the souls of his oppressors. Speaking of...

(Note: I originally wrote this six years ago and was grateful to my younger self for her words when I found them again recently). I first started getting regular migraines 19 years ago after my dad died much too young from a rare form of cancer. They were the types of “headaches” that would send me to a dark room where I could do nothing but lie in a state of constant pain and nausea until the medicine kicked in. Or sometimes until I could get to an ER for medicine delivered

Several women have communicated with me about how they struggle to worship with fellow Saints on opposite sides of the political...

A woman I respect was recently interviewed by a journalist I also respect about the insufficiency of peacemaking as an approach to the problems of today. We need toughness in order to make any real progress on issues that matter, the journalist argued, and peacemaking is necessarily diminutive, accommodating, and weak. Listening to the exchange as a peaceful root director, I bristled. Listening as a human, I was sympathetic. The public, political, and rhetorical realms all fe

Today, I want to share some stories that have prompted me to reflect on what it looks like to love and move in closer—inspired by the...

I was revisiting Isaiah 6 this week after seeing a verse of this scripture being used in a very spiritually manipulative and divisive...

As I contemplated how to write a devotional that encompasses both the celebration of independence and the context of our current events,...

Earlier this week during an offboarding conversation with an intern, I was asked a question about what strategies or perspectives help me continue doing work that can often be depleting and demoralizing. My answer was simple — I believe in redemption. I sincerely believe that there is a powerful redemptive force at work in the world. That force, in all its many manifestations and forms, emanates from one source: Jesus Christ and his atoning sacrifice. I believe that this powe

The last few weeks (months?) have felt so heavy — political violence, the nonstop news cycle and pace of politics, people in my life...

Do you find it hard to concentrate these days? My pixelated attention is drawn in so many directions — I struggle to immerse myself in a...

It was a couple of years into parenting teenagers when it became apparent: my approach to relationships wasn’t working great. Teenagers...

I have been recovering from a very intense and busy semester and just drove cross-country this week to my internship and new home base...