Archive - EVERGREEN

I HOPE YOU FIND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

Today, I turn 45 years old—a number that feels significant for some reason. For most of my life, but especially in the last few years, I have loathed…

Feb 25 •

December 2023

The Difference A Year Can Make

Reflections on adoption, motherhood, growth, and other things this year has held

Dec 29, 2023 •

October 2023

PART 3 - THE MYSTERY OF GOD

I don’t typically plan what I’m going to write to you. I have a very active brain, one that is constantly processing (OK, OVER-processing) the world…

Oct 30, 2023 •

September 2023

PART 2 - MAKING ROOM FOR LAMENT

As promised, here is part 2 of the letter I sent at the end of August - The Practice of Lament and Embracing the Mystery of God. As I read through Psalm…

Sep 28, 2023 •

August 2023

The Practice of Lament and Embracing the Mystery of God

(Part 1 - Finding Eden, Here)

Aug 31, 2023 •

July 2023

LIFE EBBS AND FLOWS, NURTURING THE WHOLE PERSON AND A COUNTRY ROAD THAT IS HEALING MY SOUL

It is mid-July in the south, the part of summer here where doing my hair is a lost cause. The humidity has paid a visit, and it won't say goodbye until…

Jul 10, 2023 •

June 2023

MAY 16, 2023 It is the morning of May 16, 2023, when we celebrate our son's second birthday. I started this letter two weeks ago, intending to finish it…

Jun 3, 2023 •

May 2023

A JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND, THE RIGHT TO ROAM, AND THE REAWAKENING OF MY HEART

I'm finding I like long titles. I may as well tell you what has happened over the past couple of weeks so you can decide if you would like to read on…

May 3, 2023 •

March 2023

On Straddling Sadness and Joy, Fear and Hope

The movie Inside Out has been in my top five since its release in 2015. If you haven't seen it, you should, but here is a short synopsis for the sake of…

Mar 31, 2023 •

February 2023

BROKEN CISTERNS, NEW BEGINNINGS, AND OTHER REFLECTIONS ON MY 43RD TRIP AROUND THE SUN

My six-year-old daughter and I have been listening to a song together for the past month or so. She has come to ask for it, and I happily oblige any…

Feb 25, 2023 •

January 2023

What The Winter Holds

Back in September, a woman who I had never met and who knows nothing about me handed me a book that she was giving me to read, and inside of it, there…

Jan 26, 2023 •

December 2022

I set out to write a year-end review about a week ago. Since then, this post has turned into something entirely different than I intended. With the risk…

Dec 31, 2022 •

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