In lieu of making New Year’s resolutions, I’ve been choosing a single word by which to live throughout the year. This year’s word is Joy: Soon after I chose this word for 2024, I had the idea to keep a joy logbook: I bought a little pocket weekly planner, and I’d write down all theContinue reading “Joy: A Mid-Year Check-In”
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Paw Prints on the Baptism Cake
We weren’t intending to get a third cat. Or at least, I wasn’t. In the days after we were married but before we had kids, we had two feline companions named Eve and Nermal. Eve was our St. Louis girl, adopted shortly after we’d moved into an apartment that allowed pets. We adopted Nermal duringContinue reading “Paw Prints on the Baptism Cake”
What I Love Doing
Jan Edmiston has been a favorite online voice of mine for many years. She blogs almost daily about issues facing people in ministry, churches, and denominations as Christendom continues to crumble. Recently, she shared a question from a colleague: What are you paid to do that you love doing? The idea behind the question isContinue reading “What I Love Doing”
