Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted

Lent is my favorite season of the church year. I love and appreciate the introspection, the consideration of our own mortality and sin, and the reminder of the Lord’s sacrifice. It’s always moving for me, and in a church year that is otherwise full of celebration and rejoicing, Lent feels like a quiet moment ofContinue reading “Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted”

Conversations With My Daughter: Who is God?

On the night table beside my daughter’s crib we have a book of children’s Bible stories. I started reading to her during and after her feedings. The book begins – just as the real Good Book does – with “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” I paused. My daughter was justContinue reading “Conversations With My Daughter: Who is God?”