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When Darkness Prevails

Posted: November 16, 2015 Under: Loving God

By Jenn 1 Comment

I tuck myself into a corner of the couch, my computer on my lap. The fire dances in the wood stove, flickering and waving, mesmerizing, and for a moment, I am lost in a world of violet and gold. A cat curls behind me, her purr rumbling in my ear. Our black lab lies sprawled on … Continue reading "When Darkness Prevails"

The Stories We Tell

Posted: August 20, 2015 Under: Family and Parenting

By Jenn 3 Comments

I tell a story about a failed adoption, a story that is true, at least so far as I know. I lived it, endured it, fought hard to change it. My story involves a teenage boy and a teenage girl, kids really, confused and broken and young, who conceived a child. It involves deceit and … Continue reading "The Stories We Tell"

On Second-Trimester Abortions and Controversy and the One Question that Matters

Posted: August 07, 2015 Under: Loving Others

By Jenn 2 Comments

If you’re anything like me, in the past three weeks, you have been inundated with links and information about abortion, about Planned Parenthood, about scandalous undercover videos. If you’re anything like me, you’ve read about what’s going on behind closed doors, you’ve been horrified and saddened by the words and images shared, you’ve wondered how … Continue reading "On Second-Trimester Abortions and Controversy and the One Question that Matters"

On Unanswered Prayers

Posted: July 23, 2015 Under: Loving God

By Jenn 6 Comments

I haven’t read many books dealing with spiritual topics in the past few years, haven’t spent much time perusing tomes about God or Jesus or living this Christian life. I’ve tended toward fiction, toward history and science and writing manuals, toward collections of short stories, collections of essays. There was a spat of inspirational reading … Continue reading "On Unanswered Prayers"

Peaches and Life Lessons

Posted: May 18, 2015 Under: Loving God

By Jenn No Comments

Just the other day, while I was making my weekly grocery run, I bought a peach. I knew better. Certainly I did. Mid-May is far too early for peaches. Even if the time were right, store-bought fruit lacks the sweet juiciness inherent in its farm-stand counterparts. Living where I do, I am spoiled by the … Continue reading "Peaches and Life Lessons"

On Church Messages and God’s Promises

Posted: April 13, 2015 Under: Loving God

By Jenn 2 Comments

If I close my eyes, I can see her face as she said it, the earnestness, the innocent faith, the honest desire to find reason in a situation where there was none to be found. As a church body, we had been praying for a young mom with stage IV cancer, praying hard for a … Continue reading "On Church Messages and God’s Promises"

Telling the Truth

Posted: March 09, 2015 Under: Writing

By Jenn 4 Comments

Authenticity. Transparency. Truth. They are the buzzwords of today, showing up everywhere online from blogs to Facebook (oh, the irony) to news articles. People crave these things, we’re told. We long for them. We want relationships that are real. We don’t want a sugar-coated version of life, the ugly bits brushed aside, hidden from view. … Continue reading "Telling the Truth"

Do You Not Trust His Promises?

Posted: February 23, 2015 Under: Loving God

By Jenn No Comments

The tempter comes to Him in the desert, whispers lies masquerading as truth in His ears. “If you are who you claim to be, turn these stones to bread,” he mocks, striking at His point of need, at His hunger, His identity. Show me who you really are. Prove yourself to me. Later, atop a … Continue reading "Do You Not Trust His Promises?"

Of Infant Sleep and Answered Prayer

Posted: December 12, 2014 Under: Family and Parenting

By Jenn 2 Comments

Note: This may seem like a standard new-parent-detailing-of-infant-sleep (or lack thereof) at first, but hang in there! There’s more to this post than that. In the past several weeks, Katie has decided that sleep is simply not for her. She has fought naps, arching her back and crying when I try to convince her to … Continue reading "Of Infant Sleep and Answered Prayer"

Past Sorrows and Present Joys

Posted: November 06, 2014 Under: Family and Parenting

By Jenn 8 Comments

She caught me in the church parking lot a few weeks back, waved at me as I was unlocking the car door, walked over to say hello. It had been some time since I’d seen her last and she had never met Katie, so she commented on her smile and her amazing infant Mohawk and … Continue reading "Past Sorrows and Present Joys"

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When Darkness Prevails

The Stories We Tell

On Second-Trimester Abortions and Controversy and the One Question that Matters

On Unanswered Prayers

Peaches and Life Lessons

On Church Messages and God’s Promises

Telling the Truth

Do You Not Trust His Promises?

Of Infant Sleep and Answered Prayer

Past Sorrows and Present Joys