At the start of the year, when I returned to a more consistent blogging schedule and began making plans for what my content would look like in the coming months, I automatically ...
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Looking for God and Redefining Love (A different kind of Valentine’s Day post.)
I sometimes wonder why God doesn’t make Himself more obvious. It’s not that He hasn’t done quite a bit of that already: creation testifies to His existence; Scripture proclaims His deity; amd ...
Throwback to 1925: 28 Centennial Facts, in Honor of my Grandmother
If you read my last Lately post, you know that January 30 would have been my maternal grandmother’s 100th birthday. Born in Kempton, Germany, in 1925, Alwine Dietel Obergefell didn’t have an ...
A Few Things That Are Saving My Life This Winter
Last week Charleston let me know that he was done with winter. In fact, he said, he really never wants anything to do with winter once his birthday is over. His birthday ...
Lately || January 2025
Today—January 30, 2025—would have been my grandmother’s one hundredth birthday. Sadly, she passed away just over a year ago and never got to see this milestone. But I’m thinking of Oma today, ...
Walking With the Good Shepherd in 2025
Growing up in a small family, the holidays were always quiet affairs. I loved our intimate gatherings and relished my role as one of just two kids at every celebration (though I ...
Two Thousand Twenty-Four: The Highlights
I have a longstanding tradition of ending each year with a Highlights post, reflecting on the big moments of the year and highlighting a few favorites from the previous twelve months. I’m ...
What I Learned in 2024
What did I learn in 2024? Everything, and also nothing. How can I possibly consolidate the lessons of such a momentous year into a few hundred words? In this year of significant ...
Lately || December 2024
December is always a (ribbon-fested, sugar-loaded) whirlwind, and this year—with Thanksgiving coming closer to Christmas—it felt especially quick. Our family had a full and joyful season, and I’m excited to be recapping ...
She Treasured Up All These Things and Pondered Them In Her Heart
Moonlight steamed through the window, casting a frosty glow across the patchwork bedspread tucked tightly around my twelve-year-old frame. Downstairs our grandfather clock sang out eleven hearty gongs, and I could hear ...