The year is 1956. An adoptive father-to-be stands in a hospital nursery, surrounded by bassinets holding orphaned newborns awaiting homes. The would-be father steps up to the first crib and extends his ...
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Let’s Learn About Memorial Day
We’re celebrating Memorial Day today in the United States, and if you’re like me, you recognize the importance of this holiday, but might be a little shaky on the details. This day ...
Mother’s Day: It’s Complicated
I was an adult before it occurred to me that Mother’s Day might be a hard or complicated holiday for some people. From my privileged position as the daughter of a remarkable ...
Quotable // from N.T. Wright
“Easter was when Hope in person surprised the whole world by coming forward from the future into the present.” ~ N.T. Wright Praise God for the hope ushered in through the miracle ...
Love In the Era of Cancel Culture
It’s become a tradition of mine to write a love-themed post around Valentine’s Day each year. I have mostly steered clear from writing about romantic love because, while that’s the usual theme ...
A Thrill of Hope
The carols streaming from our Sonos speaker this Holiday Season have elicited in me an unanticipated bevy of emotions. There is comfort in the familiar songs; but they’ve also drawn my attention ...
Thankful In All Things
Earlier this month, Charleston came home from church with a printout of small illustrations depicting children in everyday scenarios: a young boy opening a birthday present, a family sitting down to dinner, ...
Quotable // Happy Independence Day!
“I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.” ~ Wendell L. Wilkie ...
Quotable // Happy Father’s Day
“A father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.” ~ Author Unknown ...
A Present Father
My Dad (a loan officer) worked from home throughout my childhood. Remote work is fairly common today—the standard in the past few months—but it was much less so in those pre-internet days, ...