A Letter to Pastors: On Adversity, Silence, & Us

Dear pastor, Please: will you tell the church what happened? I'm not asking that you share an entire sermon about it. And I'm not asking you to get up on stage and declare any political or polarizing opinions. That isn't what this is about; it isn't what so much of this has been about. I…

On Refugees: A Poem & A Few Ways to Help

I could have been you. I could have entered the world at war, Could have seen horrors that echo, Could have known nothing but danger and the desperation for escape. But, somehow, I'm me. I'm not where you are, Don't understand suffering the way you do, Don't know what it's like to be hated in…

A Letter to My Friends on Election Day

Dear you, I am so grateful to be friends with you. It's Election Day. Some of you have voted for one candidate; some for another; some even still for another; and some of you haven't voted at all. A lot of you have negative opinions of each other because of these differences. But I still love…

Soul Food {April 2016}

What a whirlwind this month was, like a crazy tornado. I am so ready for something new. These seemingly random and unrelated media choices reflect the chaos a little bit. Music "Sparrows" by Jason Gray. Jason is one of my favorites; he creates such emotional yet hopeful and truthful pieces, without pretense or Christianese. Plus he is…