For the past couple weeks, as I rolled out of bed each morning, it flickered like a dying flashlight in my mind. “You need Him, Joy. You should probably read your Bible.”
But I didn’t.
I didn’t really realize that I didn’t—but I didn’t just the same. So when I finally cracked a page on Saturday, I [...]

Our basement is home to a hodgepodge of leftover artifacts. One of these is my dad’s old Schwinn AirDyne exercise bike. Contrary to common logic, it’s one of the best-used items we own. Its classic steel bars and surprisingly loud fan provide me with the best full-body workout I’ve found since my joints went all [...]

Jeremy and I are spending our second anniversary at my step-grandparents’ beach house on Bainbridge Island. This morning we walked along the shell-strewn sand while, five miles across the sound, Pastor Mark preached about God’s love, creating man in His image.
As the tide receded and the clams took to breathing in the fresh sea air, [...]

Two weeks ago a phantom driver swiped the side of our one month old Corolla in the middle of the night. It’s been at the shop ever since. Hundreds of dollars later, we still don’t know when it will be done.
Yesterday I discovered that our remodel is probably costing us thousands more than we had [...]

What is your quintessential fallback thought – the basic experience of your awareness?
Life passes. I grow thin. I grow fat. I have periods of stasis and of excitement; of thoughtless security and of tough, prayerful peace. At times my thoughts increasingly skip back to the past and at others I drive a straight line to [...]