Guest post by Katie Donahue I am in the camp of people that usually loves Christmas. I love the twinkly lights and the Advent carols and the delicious cookies. I love the friendliness in the air and the warm drinks and all the fun family holiday experiences. I love the nativity scenes and gift wrapping […]

You guys ever have a week that just kind of knocks the breath out of you? It’s just been rough over here this week. Usually my posts are inspired by the stuff I’m currently sorting through in my head and heart, but this week I’ve decided to take a little break from the heaviness. I […]

I have to admit, I’ve been let down by Christmas many times in my life. Not by gifts I didn’t get or anything like that—more so by my expectations for the season as a whole not being met. I’ve come to the end of the season, when it’s time to take down the ornaments and […]

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash Did you know we are living through a loneliness epidemic? Rates of loneliness in the U.S. have doubled over the past 50 years. A recent survey of 20,000 adults found that nearly half of them felt alone, left out and isolated. Most of us have gone through times where we’ve felt […]

  Look, there’s no other way to put it: this stage of my life is pretty chaotic. There’s so much to keep up with, to catch up on, to keep under control, that it feels like I need about 10 more hours in a day to make it all manageable. I know most of you […]

Happy election day! I’m sitting here waiting for an oil change before I head to the polls, so I thought I’d just lay out a few quick thoughts about this very heated midterm election season. First, I cannot wait to stop hearing campaign ads—anyone else? I know negative campaign ads are pretty much par for […]

Yesterday was my fourth wedding anniversary. I told Jake that sometimes it’s hard to believe it’s been that long, but other times it feels like it’s been forever. It’s true. Building a life with another person can make it feel like your separate lives happened eons ago. But I can also still taste the champagne […]

If you’ve known me for any length of time, there’s a high likelihood you’ve heard me reference Jen Hatmaker. I’m… not even sorry about that. Her writing has inspired some of my deepest soul work, and her bravery to critically examine her faith has encouraged me to do the same. If you don’t know her, […]

People can be really tough, can’t they? They can be obnoxious. And offensive. And sometimes downright creepy. Some people are just so abrasive to us that we’d rather do something super weird ourselves—like, I don’t know, crouch down behind a display of baked goods at a grocery store when we realize that annoying person is […]

I backed off from writing about politics a few years ago for a number of reasons. First and foremost, I found that the endless arguing, posturing and bullheaded discussions surrounding politics had become utterly exhausting to listen to and to take part in. It never seemed anyone on opposing sides actually wanted to learn or […]