With only two days left of school— two half days— this post is dedicated to summer. At my house, we kick off summer with our

When Spring Doesn’t Show Up… Or maybe I should say, “When Spring Doesn’t Show Up the way you want or expect it to… because, obviously,

During the cold, winter-weary days of early March I usually start to daydream about flowers. I think of the first tender, pink tulips of spring,

I moved to a new school as a sophomore in high school, and I was assigned the worst locker. I rode the bus at that

I’ve been thinking a lot about “caring for the other,” and not just according to the biblical mandate to “love thy neighbor,” but something more

When I was a young girl, and my dad was my pastor and my mom sang in the choir, my brother and I occasionally sat

We keep a small bird feeder outside the tall windows in the back of our house. It only requires a minute or two to exit

Pay attention to the things that take you out of and beyond your everyday living. They are a jolt to the system, perhaps a moment

From a distance I noticed the perky, orange jeep parked at the far end of a long line of minivans in front of an elementary