Nov 22, 2011 | Finding God in the Everyday
Over the past year and a half, the list of things I am thankful for has changed and grown. When expressing thanks, I often find myself using the phrase “it’s the little things.” Those things that are often overlooked, often brushed past or unnoticed...
Sep 20, 2011 | Finding God in the Everyday
One cold winter evening I was serving as an on-call chaplain for a local hospital. When I entered the family area of the emergency room, I met a very young, possibly teenaged, couple. The woman was greatly pregnant. She and her husband told me about driving her mom...
Feb 10, 2011 | Finding God in the Everyday, Motherhood and Ministry
February 17 my first child will turn one year old. Needless to say, parenthood has brought many surprises. I did not anticipate the number of diapers she would go through in a week, the medical costs of recurring ear infections or just how difficult it would be to cut...
Sep 22, 2010 | Finding God in the Everyday
“Is it dangerous where you are?” I ask the attractive Native American woman as we walk along. “No, ma’am” she responds pensively. “Just the snipers, the car bombs, the booby traps, the IEDs, and the VBIEDs” (pronounced vee-bids, Vehicular Borne IEDs). “Good...
Aug 23, 2010 | Finding God in the Everyday
Children are one of God’s most precious gifts. At the same time, they are one of God’s cruelest. Why is it the cherub in our midst loves more, gives more and forgives more . . . and what is it about a child’s spot-on question regarding our actions that halts us dead...
Aug 19, 2010 | Community, Finding God in the Everyday
One of my favorite people died on August 13. He was tenderhearted and generous and authentic. He had this great laugh. He was a reader. He loved the church. He loved his family. He loved God. His name was John. He was married to one of my other favorite people. She...
