We’re at the stage that the first half of Newton’s first law of physics applies to: objects at rest tend to stay at rest. If you’ve been socially distancing and working and educating from home and all the things we’re supposed to do, then you’re probably feeling this: it’s starting to feel normal. My cat […]

At some point on Easter Sunday, I turned to my roommate and her fiancé (we merge our two isolation pods on weekends), and said, “Can we be social for the rest of the day? I don’t like holidays without people.” I grew up in a home that had guests for dinner almost every week, and […]

I work at a church and it’s been almost a month since I went to church. I remember sitting in a meeting that first week as we began to shut things down, someone asking, “What are we going to do if we’re still closed at Easter?” Here it comes, friends. Easter, huddled in our homes, […]

Y’all. Do you know what happened this week? I mean, the weeks are kinda blurring together, but the big thing that happened this week. We know your days are challenging right now. We’re praying for all of you and your families. But I’m also a firm believer that we need to celebrate what is good, and one […]

Friends, we’re in this for the long haul. From time to time over the coming weeks, I’ll update a list of resources and the like and send it along like last week’s email. But this week, I thought maybe we could all use a moment to look at our souls, our imaginations, our emotions, and […]