The pandemic has exacerbated all kinds of emotions over the last year. Our collective state of imperfection has also left…
Dana VanderLugtMay 4, 2021
Moving forward in an intentional way involves a lot of sorting. And it involves grief.
Dana VanderLugtFebruary 22, 2021
Murray, our three-year-old golden retriever, is a glutton for attention and refuses to be left out of a book discussion…
Dana VanderLugtAugust 18, 2020
My 14 year-old son sat at a card table in the new makeshift office in my bedroom, complaining about a…
Dana VanderLugtApril 30, 2020
Last Friday, I watched out my office window as children burst out of the doors of their school to board…
Dana VanderLugtMarch 18, 2020
Once a month I get to tell a Bible story to the little ones in our church while the adults…
Dana VanderLugtJanuary 24, 2020
For most of his life, my grandfather managed an apple orchard. We called it Grandpa’s Orchard, though technically the 200…
Dana VanderLugtNovember 27, 2019
“Be more specific,” I used to tell my writing students. “Don’t say cereal when you could say Cinnamon Toast Crunch.…
Dana VanderLugtSeptember 21, 2019
I had to learn how to enjoy rollercoasters. I was a cautious kid, not one to take risks, and it…
Dana VanderLugtAugust 21, 2019
