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Disrupting Racism

Not too long ago I was at an event and there was a person there saying biased thing after biased thing. I just kept gently disrupting her. To “that’s not the kind of place where we would expect this to happen” I responded with “I hope we...

Getting to know them

I am what my husband calls an aggressive friend maker.  I have no shame when it comes to talking to strangers and probably sharing with them my entire life story. It’s how I met my in-laws when I let them into the building in grad school. When we moved to...

Going down the path

Recently, I have been thinking that everything has been going well. Our community has been meeting our budget, we are getting new people on Sundays, and we are filled with a renewed energy. I was happily going down the path of continuing what we were doing and just...

Getting Out There

In November when my daughter Paige and I were visiting Charleston, SC we saw a cool prayer installation at a church. The congregation invited people to lift prayers by tying ribbons on to the fence railings of the church building. I thought this was something we could...

Reverberating Trauma

Last week on our final day off winter break my family gathered in our living room over a large pile of junk food. We were ready to cheer on the Buffalo Bills, my husband’s team. That night one of the players, Damar Hamlin, suffered a medical emergency just a few...

The Long Cost of Poverty

I have a dear friend who grew up poor. Like not enough food on the table poor. And this year, at a fairly young age, she has been diagnosed with advanced osteoporosis. Her doctor was surprised by the findings and asked my friend if she ever struggled with an eating...