Category: scripture
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› Read more: A Poem from Despair to Hope: T. S. Eliot’s “Ash Wednesday”
A Poem from Despair to Hope: T. S. Eliot’s “Ash Wednesday”
I was introduced to T. S. Eliot in high school through a short excerpt in our required anthology. I think…
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› Read more: Compassion Fatigue & Our Tireless God
Compassion Fatigue & Our Tireless God
Compassion fatigue is a newer term that describes a human’s limited capacity to exhibit compassion in comparison to the countless…
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› Read more: Living in His Largesse
Living in His Largesse
Largesse is not a word we use often. In fact, most of us have no clue that it means, “generosity…
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› Read more: On Sending Sons
On Sending Sons
Everyone goes out of their way to prepare you for parenthood. At baby showers, new parents gratefully receive all the…
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› Read more: Everyday Eschatology
Everyday Eschatology
My eschatology keeps showing up in seemingly strange places. Recently, I’ve caught myself thinking of eschatological matters in the Magnolia…
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› Read more: Control, Care, and Christ: Teenage Edition
Control, Care, and Christ: Teenage Edition
When my oldest two children were beginning to eat solid food, I was that momma who ground her own brown…
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› Read more: Displaced
Displaced
Confession: I spent a few weeks avoiding dropping off gifts for three families I love. The members of our small…
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› Read more: One Dollar More
One Dollar More
Supposedly, John D. Rockefeller, the oil tycoon often considered one of the wealthiest Americans of all time, when asked what…
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› Read more: The King Tide & The King of Tides
The King Tide & The King of Tides
In the midst of the holiday season, there is an event that has become its own quiet holiday in my…
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› Read more: Growing Backwards towards Bethlehem
Growing Backwards towards Bethlehem
In a culture that loves ascending ladders, hitting milestones, and surging forward toward progress, I often feel like one who…
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