Let’s start with one of my top five verses in the Bible, shall we? Romans 12: in three versions. Do not conform to the pattern of this...

When my husband and I were in our 20s, our friend Darren went to work in an outreach ministry to homeless youth in San Francisco. In...

Today, my husband is having a bad hair day. That is, it's a bad day for him because I'm getting a haircut. My hair has long been a source...

This blog originally appeared on my first website www.scrapsofsoul.blogspot.com, in August of 2010, when I was a passionate mommy...

Last week, I sold a large lot of doll clothes on Craigslist. I met the buyer outside in our guest parking, a beautiful young mama, who...

Throwback Friday! I wrote this blog Father's Day Weekend, 2012, and everything I said about my husband holds pretty true today. I believe...

About 10 years ago, I was in a summer Bible study with a group of moms. We were going through Beth Moore's series on the fruits of the...

Dear House, After 18 years of living in you, you are finally all I have ever hoped you could be. Every space is functional. Every cabinet...

I was sitting with a dozen women’s Bible study leaders around a table recently, in our quarterly meeting where we plan and problem-solve...

Dear Teenage Daughters, In just 11 days, your mother will be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. And so I have a message I'd like to...

This week, I'm doing a Throw-Back Friday post. A decade ago, I had a blog called Scraps of Soul, chronicling my life as a young mother...

This morning I chuckled when I found a bookmark my friend Jill had given me for my birthday last year. It says, “I looked hot yesterday....

Last week, our family was playing a game called “Couples Quiz,” which is supposed to be for two married couples to see how well they know...

On the morning of January 6, I visited my friend Josie's house, and she gave me a late Christmas present: A mint green pillow in the...

I'm currently preparing to teach a new session of my Bible study, Comforter and Conqueror, this week. My process includes doing the...

There’s been a new insult flying around the internet this year: Sheep. It’s become a particularly vicious thing to call someone who...

I've been studying and writing about the Beatitudes of Jesus for the past month, aided by Studies in the Sermon on the Mount by D....

If there’s one thing I really don’t want, it’s grace. Grace is unmerited favor. But if you don’t mind, I would really rather merit it. I...

On Tuesday night, three cars left our neighborhood at the same time. Two of them, driven by my closest friends on the street, went to a...

On Sunday, November 8, the day after Biden made his acceptance speech, I went to church full of fear. Would people be in sack cloth and...