In the last few months I’ve heard or read a handful of people casually say something like, “My spiritual gift is [fill in the blank].” Every time, it stuns me. I believe in gifts of the spirit. Both those listed in 1st Corinthians 12 and those not explicitly named in scripture. I believe everyone has them, or at least has… View Post
It’s not, really. I’m just out of practice. I used to keep an editorial calendar of post ideas and plans. Photo shoots–in special cases, with a photographer, but more often just me and my camera–were a regular part of my schedule, so I always had plenty of images on hand for whatever I wanted to write. What’s hard is blogging… View Post
I’ve tried to take monthly photos of Luke. Tried being the key word. Some of them were a little delayed. (Sometimes more than a little. More like a couple weeks. Oops.) And even though I took them, I didn’t edit very many of them. They just sat on my computer, all dark and grainy. So last night I turned on… View Post
Speaking of books and Twitter, I sort of accidentally started a book club with some Twitter friends. I genuinely don’t remember exactly how it happened. I must have said something about how I’d always wanted to be in a book club but a) nobody ever invited me to join one and b) all the people I would invite to join… View Post
I’ve probably been shaped more by fiction than nonfiction over the years, simply because I read more of it. But the older I get, the more I find I…don’t hate nonfiction? Surprise! And of course these are not the only nonfiction books that have ever changed my life. They’re just foremost in my mind at the moment. Also I want… View Post