I don't even like to say "no" to things I DON'T want to do, much less all the things I like to do. So I'm tired of the Covid crisis. [

So I'm drinking again and I'm pretty excited about it. But not for the reasons you might think. After two years of abstaining totally fro...

My husband and I were in the greeting card section of Target one Friday on one of our less exciting date nights, and we came across a car...

Our family's love language is Snark. We speak some others fluently: Gifts, Quality Time, Service. But Snark gets a lot of air time. One o...

In quarantine, I feel the posts I see on social media are trying to force me into a false dichotomy. Am I a Productive/Something to Prov...

Some intentional ways to be good friends during the era of social distancing and distress.

God loves a cheerful giver. Does he also love one who is crying, wiping her nose on her sleeve and swearing at her sewing machine? I thin...

As our relationships show strain from the stress of this global crises, make note of what we need to work on, but don't push for change now.

Effective and loving encouragement is best offered in "right circumstances" among friends who know how to listen to one another.

Sobriety has forced me into a new kind of spiritual formation, which is really coming in handy during the Corona crisis.

The less-is-more, reality of Lent makes is of greater spiritual value to me than Advent.

I'm sorry. I was wrong. I was thinking about myself. I wasn't really listening. I didn't know what to say, so I said nothing. Tomorrow I...

Crying actually soothes physical pain! Even more so, it helps heal our hearts. Let's encourage each other to cry when we need to.

Wouldn't having a few "best dress" outfits also help us compete less with other women? I'm looking for ways to keep things real around here.

I think the most valuable lesson of parenting is not learning to be selfless, but learning how to have healthy boundaries.

I'm learning to ignore the alert tones that are non-essential, and attend to those voices I can most trust to bring me truth and joy.

This is a story about my friend Jen, but it starts with a story about shopping. I have a new piece of favorite clothing: a sleeveless, wi...

This Christmas, embrace that you are not enough, and you don't have to be, because God is.

Personality tests are wonderful tools for self-awareness, but taken too literally,can become restrictions that typecast the people we love.

The help we need, the grace we need, is nothing to be ashamed of, whether it's roomy underwear, a good cry, therapy, or Jesus.