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“Just when I thought God had walked out of the room..” I once said to a friend through my tears, “He showed up.” I remembered this moment today as I … Continue reading When It Seems God Has Walked Right Out of the Room
This year at tax time, my husband and I had the following conversation after he wrote our ginormous check to the government. Husband- “You will need to put half of … Continue reading Feel Violated by the IRS? You Are Not the First…
My mom tells me I was in church within mere days after my birth. Many of my earliest memories are of little country churches and the good, kind people who … Continue reading Saints and Screw-ups
When the Jewish leaders brought Jesus before Pilate early on the morning after his arrest, they may have been surprised to find the Roman ruler already awake and ready to sit in judgment. … Continue reading The Complexities of Pilate
A quiet, holy garden is enshrined in Jerusalem and pilgrims enter her gates with a hush. In the center of the garden, huge olive trees, their trunks ancient and gnarled, grow near … Continue reading Gethsemane
It was my first morning in Israel, when Dr. James Martin was teaching us quietly beneath the trees on the Temple Mount, when I first heard him say something along … Continue reading The Last Word
“Uh, that, um…are you…uh..how does that work?” This was the very awkward inquiry I received a few Sundays ago from a fellow children’s ministry worker at my church. He was motioning … Continue reading Why I am a Christian Who Loves Judaism
Our group was descending Mnt. Gerizim at the end of a beautiful day when I spotted it there in the dust at my feet- my first pottery shard. I picked … Continue reading “Stop Day” Thoughts Continued