the kind of faith that can change your life

“If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves.” -Madeleine L’Engle, Walking on Water I stare out the morning window, the outline of my tired head stares back at me, wispy...

for when you can’t define yourself

We stand at the top of the John Hancock building in Chicago, stare down at the toy cars moving along Lake Shore Drive. It’s a Lego city with matchbox cars and pretend water from the bathtub. There’s a Barbie swimming pool on the top of a Lego building (do...

for when your future keeps changing

We live a thousand lives in one lifetime, from playing Barbies on the covered front porch in that small Indiana town, to riding bikes to the mall beside Duck Creek; from longing for love and true acceptance, to sending those tiny babies off to kindergarten with deep...

are you an artist?

For a year now, I’ve been watching people. I watch them at restaurants, movie theaters, church, and TJ Maxx. I watch them on TV, at the bank, on the street, at the airport. I think about God, how it says in 2 Chronicles that his eyes range to and fro throughout...