There’s a couple of ways to be offended. Well, there’s a LOT of ways to be offended, but they all fall into two categories. You can be offended by something that is hurtful, disrespectful, or causes harm to you or someone else. You can also be offended because you feel called out or “caught” for […]
Read MoreFor the past three months, the news of death and illness has hung it’s weight across my heart. Those that have passed on include one of my husband’s oldest friends, one of my dad’s friends, my friend’s baby, several people I once went to church with, a youth leader I knew and cherished. My dad’s […]
Read MoreI’m the kind of person who always wants to know why. Why do people do the things they do, say the things they say, make the choices they make? Why do some things work and some things fail? I like to know the why because I think the best way to make meaningful, lasting changes […]
Read MoreI want to say something, but what I have to say never feels like enough. Or, it seems like too much. I feel like I am sitting amidst some great divide and I can see both sides but can’t reach my arms far enough either way. I want to be a bridge, but I can’t […]
Read MoreGlennon Melton recently wrote that “There is no such thing as other people’s children”. I agree and would add that there is no such thing as “other people”, at least not after you’ve opened up your life to the people that are around you, // When you speak of Muslims, when you speak […]
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