reflecting on various topics
It’s a rough season of life for most of us. Whether it’s due to personal struggles, or the pandemic, or health, aging, injustice in multiple forms, not getting along with family members or friends, there’s a lot. The righteous desire to stand up for what’s right can actually create quite a bit of stress, because …
For my brothers, especially: This is a PSA that you do not have to be perfect. You do not have to have it all together. You do not have to be strong. You don’t have to always know what to do. It’s ok to fail. You do not have to have the perfect home. You …
For my sisters, especially: This is a PSA that you do not have to be perfect. You do not have to have it all together. You do not have to have a perfect home. You do not have to have a perfect family. You can have a messy house. You do not have to have …
This is a shortened version of my original post. For me personally, here is why I call myself a Progressive Christian. 1. Social and environmental justice I see God’s call for us to “love our neighbor as ourselves” as directly related to social and environmental justice efforts. I want to be part of efforts to …
If you’ve been waiting for a sign to bake chocolate chip cookies, here you go. This is based on an Alton Brown recipe my husband Alex found. It became his signature cookie recipe, and now we’re all obsessed. Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookies Serves: How many people? Well, this depends on how self-controlled you are. In …
I’m trying very hard not to. I’m trying to focus on this current moment. Trying to focus on the joys and challenges of the here and now. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I’m kind of dreading 2024. 😂 .😭 I often remember something that John Oliver said in his show, directly …
I thought this would be fun. It’s always nice to get to know people a little more, isn’t it? So I was in Argentina as a foreign exchange student. I went there when I was 18 to study abroad for a year with the American Field Service (AFS). It was a very fun, wild, and …
Figuratively. So I’m a huge Star Trek nerd. My favorite series growing up was Voyager, which my family watched together, because I loved that the captain was a woman, and that we had the same name! (Captain Katherine Janeway) 😂 . I also love The Next Generation. As a teen, I found the joy of …
Until earlier this month, Bryan Riley of Brandon, Florida, worked as a security guard at a church. He was an ex-marine sharpshooter, and had served in Afghanistan and Iraq. He suffered from PTSD. Like many do, he believed he could hear God directly speaking to him. He told his girlfriend that “God was telling him” …
Hi friends. I thought I would share some of the kitchen items that I own and depend on. I tend to do a lot of research before buying anything, so I hope this will save you some time! These are my favorite plastic cutting boards. I love that they don’t have a “well” around the …
