We are trying to become foster parents for our girls’ half-brother
One email, 48 hours, and a whole lot of uncertainty. Two days ago, Lindsey and I received an email from our county’s social services office asking if we’d be open to accepting placement of a 2-yr-old...
View ArticleMetallica gets biblical on ’72 Seasons’
The metal legends are back. And on ’72 Seasons,’ Metallica invites us to take the hill country of our past. In the June 24 issue of World Magazine, I review Metallica’s latest studio album, 72 Seasons....
View ArticleGoodbye for good: A liturgy for moving away from a beloved home
We sold our house on the end of Uranus St. And there was much re-grieving. Because the places we possess also possess us. Hey. It’s been a while. I can relate this meme. #staind #aaronlewis...
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‘The Lord of the Rings’: The return of the blog
It took us almost a whole year, but our family read ‘The Lord of the Rings’ out loud. Well, I’m back. We did it. We finished The Lord of the Rings. On August 22, to be precise. Nearly one year after...
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A prayer before a court hearing
Court hearings in the child welfare and foster care system are wild. Heavy. Intense, a time-and-matter condensing event. So how do you pray for that? I sat outside the second-floor courtroom in the...
View ArticleAutumn and everything after
The beginning of the last year of my 30s has not been without its complexity and heaviness. Still, even in the midst of life, death, and existential constipation, Jesus offers lightness, truth, and...
View ArticleHow we’ve wrestled with fertility and infertility at Christmastime
Christmastime can expose couples facing fertility challenges to an acute feeling of loss in a season supposedly brimming with gain. The challenge of fertility is the subtext to all of our family’s...
View ArticleSaying “No” and “Yes” on Ash Wednesday
Death is the ultimate “No.” But resurrection is the more-ultimate “Yes.” My word of the year is “No.” Inspring, eh? Choosing a word to guide or direct a given year has been en vogue over the last half...
View ArticleThis Easter Eve, consider your adoption (with a little help from dc Talk)
As we sit in the dark, waiting for resurrection, given up like foster children, remember Jesus came to ensure our adoption. And then dance like it’s 1995. One of the best things about being a parent is...
View ArticleHALT: A prayer for when you feel hungry, angry, lonely, or tired
Or all of the above. Our household is entering new territory in our expedition through the seasons of life. Like Lewis and Clark as they rowed up the Missouri River into the Great Plains. We have...
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