When people talk about “keeping Christ in Christmas,” which Christ are they taking about? Here’s a one-paragraph summary of the way the Bible tells the story of Christmas and the life of Jesus:: Jesus is born to an unwed, teenage woman of color. She, the child, and...
Does it ever feel like there is a fight happening inside your head? The sitcom version of the family debates and conversations over a Thanksgiving meal often have nothing on the real-life inner conflict and dialogue happening inside our minds. For me, there is a...
When you were a kid, did you know exactly what you wanted to be when you grew up? Firefighter, doctor, lawyer, zookeeper? I knew exactly what I wanted to be from the time I was six or seven. I wanted to be a grown-up, as clear as that. I didn’t really care what...
I’m writing at 5 am on Election Day, and I’m wondering, what will today mean? I’m writing at 5 am, because after daylight savings time, my 2 year old has been getting up seriously early each day, which means, so have I. We spend a lot of the mornings now in that in...
