September/October 2020- In Every Season

A wedding, a honeymoon, and COVID exploding are good-enough reasons for doubling up months for a blog post, right? Life…

August 2020- Just Step Up to the Plate & Swing

At three weeks into the school year now, I’m deep into a personal narrative unit with my 8th graders. I’ve…

This past July, I completed my most difficult monthly challenge yet: not having a drop of coffee. I am one…

Dirty fingernails and a sweat-soaked T-shirt were the worthy collateral damage for a weed-free garden plot. Kyle and I have…

A few friends and I are reading through the book of Hebrews together. This week, chapter 6, verse 19 stuck…

Early yesterday morning, I sleepily stumbled out of my room, trusty yoga mat tucked under my arm, and was greeted…

Elisabeth Elliot once said, “Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.” This quote has been front-and-center this…

Old words have a way of sticking with me. Granted, this is coming from the person who read Great Expectations…

For probably the greater part of 2019, I spent far too much time fending off a gnawing worry at the…

Usually, I spend my New Year’s Eve writing a blog post about the year prior and articulate my hopes for…

The past month student teaching & living off-campus has taught me a few things about myself. Among them: I am…

If I had to pick one word to describe my current season of life, I’d use “transition.” From psuedo-graduating to…