My latest piece at Servants of Grace is a devotional reading of 2 Peter 1:3-4. I’ve been hung up on the perplexing interconnectedness of this passage for a couple of years and I was glad to get to lay out clearly & methodically what I’d learned. I think it is useful to think of grace … Continue reading Watered by God’s Grace
I always love writing for Morning by Morning, partly because they always have such great writing prompts. Their latest series is on Biblical characters, and after a summer of reading Jeremiah (I’m still barely halfway through!) as part of a virtual Bible study, I knew exactly which character I wanted to write about. Here’s … Continue reading The Sad Side of Good News
For years I’ve been storing up writing ideas. I collect them in notebooks and list them in word documents. I’ve started writing essays that never go anywhere and discussed these subjects to death with my favorite conversation partners (you know who you are!) Now I’m excited to have a new place to pour some … Continue reading A New Opportunity!
Why Poetry by Matthew Zapruder My rating: 3 of 5 stars There were a hundred bright spots in this eloquent book: beautiful, essential quotes about poetry from the greatest poets themselves. These were a shortcut straight to the heart of poetry. There were other bright spots of Zapruder’s own clear explanations of the mysterious power … Continue reading Why Poetry (a short review + quotes)
I’ve had a literary crush on Fathom magazine for a long time and this summer I decided to do something about it. First, I made it a goal to get something published on the internet before my birthday (which is tomorrow, Sep. 12). I pitched an article to a website where an online acquaintance had … Continue reading The Worthiness of Imitation
You insist on being noticed wherever you appear Optimistic yellow in a sea of green I had a teacher who told me They were only weeds if you didn’t want them. That even dandelions could belong in a bouquet If you invited them. You seek them out, stopping to collect them from hillsides … Continue reading To Claire (As Daring as Dandelions)
Has there ever been a story more true than The Little Mermaid? (Why I’ve come to embrace the Disney princesses) Continue reading Why I’ve come to embrace the Disney princesses…
Faith, Hope and Poetry: Theology and the Poetic Imagination by Malcolm Guite My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is beautiful. This book is brilliant. Before I read this book, I did not know that I was stuck in a valley, able to see only my own little piece of time and space, thoroughly … Continue reading Review: Faith, Hope and Poetry by Malcolm Guite
I think I know what Sleeping Beauty must have felt like when she woke up… After the World’s Longest Pregnancy and delivering the World’s Largest Baby*, I finally feel like myself again. I’ve had an unbelievable amount of energy this week to tackle projects I’ve been ignoring for months. (The list of things I’ve accomplished … Continue reading Waking Sleeping Beauty
I’m not sure what I thought would happen when I started a blog. Okay, fine, I’ll admit that I hoped I would be one of those bloggers whose ideas “go viral” and get begged to quit their day jobs and write books full of their witty insights. I gave up on that a long time … Continue reading Favorite Quotes Friday: Peace Like a River
Little House in the Suburbs 