being perfect is exhausting
I have always expected the best from myself. A perfectionist, I was not…
I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. . . . I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.
1 Corinthians 2:1b, 3 (NRSV)
She walked into the crisis pregnancy center. Beneath her tough exterior, she was timid.
“I need a pregnancy test,” she said when she finally made eye contact with…
06/25/19 at 12:36 PM
Trust.
We entrust our lives to others daily. Hourly really. Well, no, actually every minute of the day. To bus driver, teachers, parents, electricians, other drivers on the road,…
06/23/19 at 01:58 PM
What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.
Matthew 10:27 (NRSV)
People are not always aware of bullying because they don’t see it happening. Yet, in my school, students were bullied on the bus, in the halls, in the middle…
06/22/19 at 01:54 PM
New town, new home, new school, new friends, new impressions—Must. Fit. In.
I made fun of him. I called him biting names. Why? I didn’t even know him. I…
06/22/19 at 08:58 AM
Every year thousands of American students attend school in fear. Sometimes their worst nightmares come true.
Jennifer’s Story
I’m scared. I’m…
06/20/19 at 07:59 AM
My outlook on who I am and what God has called me to do changed because of a storm. When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, I was…
06/18/19 at 11:54 AM
While I was growing up, Dad had an old Canon AE1 camera with all kinds of interchangeable lenses and flashes. He would take the camera to sporting events…
06/16/19 at 07:45 AM
A wet glob of clay becomes an intricate vase or…
06/15/19 at 12:54 PM
I sit with my elderly neighbor on her front porch in Old East Durham, North Carolina.
“How long have you lived here, Ms. Emmy?” I ask.
She shrugs and…
06/15/19 at 09:10 AM
In Kampala, Uganda, a group of women have recycled their lives by making jewelry from recycled paper.
War and…
06/14/19 at 04:58 PM
