Let Your Heart Be Light

Let Your Heart Be Light

This post was originally published by She.ology in December 2018. The clothes dropped to the suitcase in a flurry. I didn’t know how long I’d be gone, so I just kept piling them in. Clean, dirty, do I even have a bra to go with this? Doesn’t matter. I barely need one...
Table Matters: The Power of Your Presence

Table Matters: The Power of Your Presence

On the list of things I can’t stop thinking about is this: Jesus, savior of humanity, could have chosen any way to change the world, and he decided to start in our homes, around our tables. Fixate on this for a few minutes with me. Hiding in plain sight on countless...
Bleacher Meal Prep for Sports Parents

Bleacher Meal Prep for Sports Parents

It doesn’t matter if you are ankle, knee, or neck deep in seeing your family through the “bleacher years.” When eating in bag chairs, you can only feed your people so many sub sandwiches and garbage from the snack shack before calling foul. So don’t. Instead, plan...
My Favorite Books of 2020

My Favorite Books of 2020

I’ve learned over time that reading fewer than 60 books in a year, or more than 100, is a clear sign something is off with my inner life. Too few books means I’m not prioritizing the self-care reading affords me; too many and I’m leaning too heavily...