I can’t wait to see you again. Happy Mother’s Day.
Te amo, Momma. Mucho mucho.
All in Life
Flowers and Ash
But especially this Mother’s Day, I say this to you: If you want to share your pain with me, I will help you hold it — like Atlas — and will do my best to make it not so damn heavy.
As Light as the Very First Snow
To those who "don't believe what they know," rest in God's grace. And let us produce together the type of memories that will "soak these sheets in tears."
On Being the Body of Christ
Where will you be when tragedy strikes our family? Will you run like cowards, or will you sit and face the demons with those who have been shattered by this poisoned world?
i must decrease
If I am really feeling bad about myself, I do an arm workout from Youtube, and then I just end up wishing I had raked the lawn.
When Friendship Blooms
We became intentional about time together, and in the repetition regained that restful hospitality of an ever open door.
Breaking Fast
In my brokenness, I ate the bread, and I drank the wine, and I remembered. And I was re-membered. Easter makes me whole.
Impeded Streams
All this lying awake at night not knowing what to do about anything in my life has revealed the real work. It’s not that I need to be more diligent or work harder or do better — and, yes, I should be doing all of those things — it’s that I’ve got this pride that I didn’t realize was there.
Morning is the Best Time
These mornings in Lent where I wake up and grab my coffee and try not to fall asleep over the Book of Concord, I feel an odd yearning to see her again.
Swiss Family Zoo
Animals that had recently graced our screen in technicolor were now present in living color. The kids were enthralled.
An Austinite for Birth Centers
What had been a foolish whim led us to a truly wonderful establishment.
as for me and my house: reflections on year 30
Anyway, for better or worse, I'm ready to turn 30.
Calvin on Good to All Men in Galatians 6:10
"We must endeavor to do good to all men, yea even to such as are unworthy, even though they were our deadly enemies. Truly this is hard, and contrary to our inclination: but yet therein God trieth us so much the better. For if we do good to such as deserve it, or to such as are able to recompense it: it is no declaration or proof that we be willing to serve God" - John Calvin
Calvin on Leviticus 19:33-34
"God recommends guests and sojourners to them, just as if they had been their own kindred, they thence understand that equity is to be cultivated constantly and towards all men." — John Calvin
Less Internet, More Me
Hopefully, in seeing less of me online, you'll see more of me in general.
Why You Should Consider Living Where God Has Placed You
Ultimately, worshiping the Maker of Heaven and Earth is not about - or at - our convenience.
Barth's Christmas: Prayer not Anxiety
Christians are not permitted to sit on their hands or twiddle their thumbs. There is a positive action that the Christian can take. This is where Barth's reoccurring but never entirely dominate view on prayer sneaks into view. Prayer remains an action for the Christian to communicate dependence upon God—it is an anti-anxiety action.
When Advent Goes Awry
Can I tell you a secret I uncovered this past week? Christ’s coming is undiminished by our lack of acknowledgment and/or celebration.
coming around to Christmas
I have no particular vision for what our Christmases are going to look like in the future, and so I may steal your family's best ideas. You've been warned. Now pass the eggnog.