My friend and fellow campus minister, Heather, and I often joke about the things we do in our jobs that Seminary didn’t teach us. These things typically fall into the “pesky” box. We’d rather ignore them, delegate them, toss them out the window…but can’t. Today another such thing fell into my lap. I suppose I…
life
cars, food, babies
I couldn’t just Facebook this. I had to blog so that I can more easily return to this memory when she’s 16 and we’re discussing the complex yet uncomplicated nature of boys. Today I ate lunch outside of our house while sitting in the car. No, it wasn’t food I picked up en route. It…
God, help us.
Just heard a news headline about other states wanting to adopt a TN law that makes it possible to charge as criminals mothers who birth a drug-dependent baby. Many of these mothers aren’t getting prenatal care… So what happens to these mothers and what happens to their babies? Whether they choose jail time or rehab,…
Some things I’ll never know
I haven’t anything brilliant to say. I’m simply thinking about how vastly different this life is from the place I currently call home. Sometimes I wonder what growing up here would have looked like. Would we have stayed in South London or moved out? Would these streets be familiar to me? Would I be married…
Remember
[wpvideo ic9gilNb] I’ve never been one who cared to remember dates during history classes. It felt like a chore–chores were dull. And as a result of my “I don’t care” attitude (which probably stemmed not from truly not caring but from being frustrated by the effort it took to remember) there’s much even beyond dates that…
…through a glass, darkly…
I’ll never forget the moment my professor quoted this line. He used it as a way of explaining our current lack of understanding. I was so excited. I wanted to scream, “He just quoted the Bible!” but instead, I kept my excitement inside. After all, this was a public school and I didn’t need to…
One roll at a time
I’ve been reading a book that has challenged me to reduce the noise in my life. From the clutter on my desks (home & work) to the clothes and shoes I no longer wear to the unnecessary time I spend on social media, the noise must be reduced. Eradicated would be even nicer but I’m…