Friends! It has been absolutely too long since I've blogged. I've been busy slinging boba tea while I attempt to learn Mandarin, recording the Lavender book for Audible, and walking through premarital counseling for two couples who basically showed up on our doorstep in January asking to be discipled. Erik officiated the second couple's wedding …
Life after the freeze
The Russian in the room is always the wild card. Yes, this is a stereotype, and I say it with the utmost affection and respect. I teach a basic-level ESL Bible class to adult learners in my city, and I have one older Russian lady in the class who...
Lavender: when following Jesus smells like wasting your life
I’m very excited to announce that my first book is out, and you can get it free today!
Possumpocalypse
This is a wild and smelly story, so I’ll start with the happy ending: we have no more fleas! (Some of you might remember I kicked off this blog in 2019 with a post about how I ended up naked in my garage, being chased by a horde of fleas.) The source of the fleas …
Lavender EP
These four original songs accompany the book Lavender: when following Jesus smells like wasting your life, which is now available on Amazon as an e-book and as a paperback. The last three songs on this EP were born when four of my children weren't. I am releasing this music as an act of worship and …
Sneak preview of a song from my upcoming book
I'm almost finished with my first book! I'm very excited to share it with you. It's called Lavender: When Following Jesus Smells Like Wasting Your Life. This is the story of...
Covid Dates
... We pulled the couch up close to our TV and cupped our hands around our eyes to make it feel sort of real. On one ride, we threw our hands up and screamed. [...]
Maximum Trust
During Covid, we've had some sweet opportunities to spend time with a handful of close friends who became our “quaranteam.” One Sunday morning, they were all gathered around our dining room table eating waffles when I came out of the bathroom crying. I had to confide in the group that we had been pregnant and …
“I’m working on a pizza!” and other humorous lockdown moments
One day I stepped outside to check the mailbox or something. My neighbor, an elderly lady who can’t hear very well, was outside in her driveway as well, and we spotted each other across the street.
Diary of an unborn baby
Testing. Is anything there? Hello! Oh! It works! Jesus gave me this notebook and taught me how to put my thoughts in it. It’s very easy; I just press my feelings into the pages and when I look back on them, they’re still here. He said it’s good for me to keep them because they …