I'd like to make peace with all the dragons in my headall those dark creatureswho came in the open door of childhoodand bedded down. I've denied them, feared them and fought themall the same, I've fed them rather wellThey've grown fat on my hatred,Multiplied like rabbits in the warm nest of my obsessionOverpopulated my psyche with their kids I'm very kind to other people's dragons,it's my own i'm not able to ...
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As the weather gets warmer, whether or not you're a church member, there are bound to be potlucks in your future. Wanna get credit for bringing something homemade without a lot of work? As a long time potluck-attendee (and one prone to sending my husband out for fried chicken during the offertory), I have developed some fairly effortless hacks to show up with something made at home with love. The ...
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I haven’t been able to find this clip from last week’s episode of legal drama For the People or been able to rip it legally. But it’s such a powerful speech that I believe speaks to the frustration and the realizations many of us are experiencing right now in regards to our country’s stance on immigration, that I decided to transcribe it. I’m a sucker for a good speech, and ...
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There is a big difference in wanting your child to be the best they can be and needing them to achieve the dreams you have for them.
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On Monday, the New York Times ran an article about a town in Florida that is home to a federal prison that had to be temporarily relocated in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael. The people in the town are really suffering from the effects of the government shut-down. The article ends with this quote from a disgruntled Trump supporter: “I voted for him, and he’s the one who’s doing this,” she ...
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Our family is very fortunate in that one of our Christmas rituals is to catch the train into NYC while we're visiting my husband's family in Connecticut and take in a Broadway show. This year, we were able to catch the revival of Once on this Island in the Circle on the Square Theater. It's a theater in the round where the audience literally sits around the stage. In this fable of ...
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Dumplin' is one of the latest original movies to hit Netflix. I watched it this weekend, and here are just five of the reasons I love it. Note: all spoilers are thematic. No actual plot points revealed. It centers around the wisdom of Dolly Parton...and its soundtrack is chock full of her music. Dolly and I practice the same kind of Christianity--one that leans hard on faith and loving people (including yourself). When ...
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This is a story I share often, but World Aids Day seems like a good time to tell it again. You may not know who Mary Fisher is. She was one of the first faces of HIV that wasn’t gay or male. When she spoke at the Republican national convention in 1992, she completely changed the conversation about HIV and AIDS. In the early to mid-90s, I was part of a RAIN team. ...
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Tis the season to by jolly and to help one's fellow man and woman. Actually, every season is the season to help, but we tend to hyper-focus on the helping during the holidays. But as we help, we want to be doing the kind of help that helping is all about and not the kind of help we all could do without. You may have seen articles around this (and last) year ...
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DIWALI is an annual festival of lights that symbolizes the victory of light over darkness and good over evil. And even though it's a Hindu celebration (also celebrated by Sikhs and Jains), Christians can really get behind its message. If you're not familiar with our scriptures, we do talk a lot about light defeating darkness. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness could not overcome it. John 1:5 the people who ...
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