This story just made me sad. Christian musician Jennifer Knapp took a seven-year hiatus from work because she was exhausted and felt like she needed to figure things out. She felt like she couldn’t be gay and be a Christian. To me, this would be equivalent of all of us saying we can’t be obese […]
Just Let Me Lie Down
Before I review this book, I must preface it with a couple of personal stories, one of which happened this past Saturday. I was away for the afternoon, signing books in a quaint small town in rural Minnesota, so my husband and daughter spent the afternoon gallivanting around town doing errands. They stopped for sushi. […]
Being Super Mom
Hello, hello, sleepyheads. Wake up, wake up! Another day awaits! Drum roll, please. We have two lovely winners for Karen Maezen Miller’s signed copies of Hand Wash Cold. [May I take a little detour here, first, to thank all of you for your beautiful descriptions of spring. I wish I could shower every single one […]
Two Questions To Ask Yourself
Good morning, sunshines… A little 2-minute pep talk this morning. If you want to find your true motivation, ask yourself, “What’s my sentence?” Watch here first: Once you watch the video, you’ll understand what I’m saying when I say that the sentence I’m going for is: She encouraged dialogue about sometimes-taboo topics in an open […]