"Mother and Child", Gustav Klimt Awake at dawn, spit-up stained pajamas.Cracked, aching breasts, eyes rimmed black with sleep.Did I choose the better thing?A sharp cry, magical when first expressed, now primordial screech. Ears ringing, head fuzzy, temper rising.Did I choose the better thing?Excrement in excess, diaper rashes and soiled onesies. Teeth piercing gums, inconsolable drooling…
The year was 2018 and I was standing in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem, my forearm clutched in the withering grasp of my husband's great aunt who was a Russian Orthodox nun living in the covenant there. We were standing in front of a small, but rather ornate crucifix decorating the back…
I grew up in Savannah, Georgia in the late 90s and early 2000s (hands down the best era!) and had a magical childhood. Apart from chasing the ice cream trucks in the summer and going frog hunting with the neighborhood kids after an evening storm, my fondest memories are of Halloween. I know that's an…
I'll keep this short and sweet since I'm sure most of us have been inundated with news of the horrific murder of conservative and Christian Charlie Kirk, but I do think there's a lesson here to be learned for those of us in the church. I'm not the first and I won't be the last…
Recently, I had a video pop up in my YouTube feed about a young Christian woman who decided to wear only dresses for 30 days and document her journey. The title had included something to the effect of the process being "life-changing." Of course, sucker that I am, I clicked. Since that video, YouTube has…
I always thought this would happen to someone else, but never to me. Even now, in the aftermath of my first miscarriage, there's a surrealness to the whole thing. Surely, part of it is some built-in self-preservation, the abstraction of misfortune, the distancing of oneself from unsavory realities. Death, pain, loss--these things befall others. These…
Recently, New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho dropped a recruitment video, enticing young men to join their academic ranks. For those who haven't seen it, I'll link it here. The video is fairly boilerplate in what you'd expect from Wilson and Friends. There's the nod to Christian Nationalism (a movement rife with exegetical error),…
Breath prayers are certainly not the only form of prayer a Christian should utilize, but merely another means by which we can commune with God.
We recently had a gentleman tune our piano. When my husband called to make the appointment, the gruff voice on the other end of the line said brusquely that he was the best and the most affordable and that we needn’t bother calling anyone else. It wasn’t a boast, just a simple fact. Over the…
This, the paradox: What happens when An irresistible force Meets an immovable object?
Bone of Bones 