I’m surrounded by a world I will never really know. I will never fear for myself, for my children the way they do. Reading all the books in the world won’t change the color of our skin. Fear can’t be theorized away. I look at them and wonder what they think of me, of…
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Faithful Slaves and Fugitive Whites – How Do You Remember the Past?
Today is Lee-Jackson Day in Virginia. I find this whole ‘war in my backyard’ thing fascinating, but also kind of disturbing. I don’t know how to reconcile the fact that today is a day to honor Confederate generals, while Monday is to honor a civil rights leader. So, I did what any normal person would…
One Word 2014
Darkness. I’m not sure exactly why. It actually came about in a slightly prophetic way, which freaks me out, because I am just so burnt out on that kind of stuff. Someone had a word, and it resonated. And then I got an anonymous postcard in the mail that completely fits me. So…darkness it is. …
Year in Review: 2013
This year has been one of exploring, and facing down fears, and claiming my truths. As I was looking back over the year, I was going to mention the couple of months that were really hard, and then realized those months were Febuary-October. Sooo…… most of the year was really hard and stressful. These last…
Incarnating the Uncomfortable Family Gatherings
If incarnation really matters, then it matters in our daily lives, right? And if it matters on a daily basis, then shouldn’t it be part of the shitty times as well? Pretty much everything I believe hinges on incarnation, so I kind of need Jesus to be found in the shit. Lucky me,…
Welcoming the Gentiles
The mountain of the Lord and the house of God shall be visible…All the Gentiles shall come to it…..He will proclaim His way to us, and we shall walk in it….They shall beat their swords into plows and their spears into pruning hooks….neither shall they learn war anymore….come and let us walk in the light…
So That One Time, the Philistines Were Kind of Good
Lots of Books on My Shelves
Before we moved, I had an amazing bookshelf my husband built for me, complete with a counter, cupboards, corkboard inspiration board and everything. But alas, it stayed with the house. And my computer is broken so I can’t dig out a picture of it. So now, I’m back to putting books on every available normal…
What I’m Into – Virginia
We Moved 850 Miles to Find Life
We’ll build new traditions in place of the old ’cause life without revision will silence our souls -Sleeping At Last The tall ceilings and golden wood floors call to me. It’s a southern brick house with columned front porch, bedrooms in the attic, and transomed windows. The kind of house that we’ve always…