Pride & Prejudice / Wisdom & Humility

“Pride and Prejudice” is one of my all time favorite novels. The Jane Austen, English classic has been made into multiple miniseries and movies. Yes, it is a love story, but it is so much more than that. Austen’s characters grow, owning how their pride was manifested through various prejudices (hence the title), over the […]

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6/14/2025

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Origin Stories

A little known fact about me is that I love a good super hero story. If I’m flipping through channels or scrolling the Hulu menu, I absolutely have to stop if I find a Marvel movie on. It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve seen it, or how far into the plot it my be, […]

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3/11/2025

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This Is How Faith Works

The tall, scrub-wearing doctor walked purposefully into the recovery area where I was waiting for my husband to be brought back to me. By one of God’s many graces that day, the 45ish minutes since I had watched him be wheeled away from me had gone by quickly. Then, I choked back tears. Now, I […]

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3/08/2025

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He Sees. He Knows

When I read the headline and the subsequent article, I said a quick prayer. Surely the 15 year old victim would not be one of the students I had when I taught on the other side of town. After all, there are at least 2-3 other high schools near the crime scenes and that meant […]

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The Day After Christmas

It’s the day after Christmas and I am not quite sure what to do with myself. The decorated trees are still emitting their warm glow of their white lights (except for the strain or two that have gone dark on the pre-lit tree). The various containers of festive yummies are still smattered along the kitchen […]

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Especially at Christmas

Not two days ago, an EF3, 600 yard-wide tornado tore a path over 11 miles long across the north part of our county. Hundreds of houses and businesses have been leveled. Schools damaged. Property lost. Lives forever altered and lives lost. The destruction photographs and videos I have grown so numb to seeing on the […]