We would go to the hospital to watch her die.  Her time was short, cancer was eating her alive.  I have described it that way before because there is no better way to explain it.  She was diminishing quickly before our eyes.  And yet, mom would smile at us.  What is braver than that?  I was ...

Is being vulnerable the same as being weak? It would seem that if we let ourselves be vulnerable, it shows how weak we are.  We have the wrong notion that if we let ourselves be exposed, we become doormats, and we want to be anything other than weak people. Vulnerability feels ...

We cannot tidy this one up.  We cannot wiggle out of this one … God included a prostitute in the lineage of Christ. On any given day, there is something I love about God most of all.  Today, I love Him because He loves people who are down and out.  He ...

Faith is mysterious.  It feels risky at times.  It can seem foolish at times. My writing life reminds me of my faith walk … believing in something larger than myself.  I sit down at my desk, and by pure faith, trust that the right words will come, that spending my time devoted to this whole, HUGE ...

I want to live my life so there is no doubt or denying … I loved my people well. What does it take to love well?  What does living like an example of God’s love involve? Do we find it only in church or in the religious crowd? Or can we find God among ...