Today is just me musing. I invite you to come along. This has been bit of a whirlwind season, from wedding to back-to-school, adjusting...

This specific theme has now come up so many times, in so many sermons and conversations, as to be ridiculous. Hilarious, even. At the...

Has anyone told you God loves you today? I listened to my friend, Diane, ask this question, just like she’d always done. This time we...

I was at a mall, a couple of Mondays ago, looking at all of the people. Beautiful people, and diverse. I live currently in a location...

I have spent a good bit of time, lately, imagining this mystery. Which is, perhaps, the best I can do. Mysteries being, by nature, beyond...

Is God good and can we trust Him? Day one, we asked this question, revisiting it every day after. Last week, youth camp, and I was the...

I’m not sure if the epiphany came at the funeral, or the wedding. I feel like it might have been something our friend Mark said, in his...

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will...

I will tell you today about some of the things I grapple with, here at my little lake retreat, a ring or two removed from Minnesota’s...

We woke early this morning to a full moon shimmering over open waters, our bedroom glowing with with pre-dawn light. The ice went out...

This week’s blog post is a snippet from recent work on my book. I thought you might enjoy it as you prepare for Easter. Somewhere in the...

Kyle and I are settling into a new church in our new community. I tell you this, in part, to update those in our Andover church family,...

It is one thing to know something is true. It is another to know something as true. Maybe you’re heard me say this before. It’s become a...

I think I stumbled upon a key to a treasure this week. Maybe this sounds dramatic. And maybe it is. Maybe this thing is totally obvious...

We were born for such a time as this. These days, more normal than not. Unprecedented—for us. But read history. Read the biblical texts....

It will be remembered as a year of love stories, too. Intertwined like the verses of Old Testament poetry. Woo and woe. Tears and...

Do you know the scene at the end of A Christmas Carol—Ebenezer Scrooge, waking Christmas morning, giddy with relief? That was my husband...

There’s something going on here, and it’s not what you might think. Not conspiracy theory. I’m not about that. More like prophecy being...

One of my current writing projects is Bible curriculum for Montessori students. My college best friend, Michelle, is the director of...

Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you...