I have a photo of my great grandmother on my bookshelf. She looks over the living room with my great grandfather by her side and I wonder what she was really like. I’ve heard many stories, and I know she was strong-minded and strong-willed. I know she was a circuit school teacher on the prairies […]

I’ve got a purring cat curled up on my lap. She’s claimed me. I named her for one of my favorite literary heroines, Harriet Vane from Dorothy L. Sayers’ mystery novels. I think the original Harriet would like her namesake, for though she’s cuddly at the moment, she also is entirely her own beast, and […]

It’s a time of year when we can get a little stir crazy, maybe get on each other’s nerves ’cause we’ve all been cooped up in the same house together. But it’s also the month of love, and maybe all the hearts we’ll see in every store and all over Pintrest are enough to remind […]

We’re turning the first corner of the year (there are twelve–or eleven, maybe–I”m bad at math). So look forward to the next eleven (or ten) turns. I can’t wait to see what God will do! Around the Web Your Words Will Outlive You Dustin Crowe reminds us of the weight of our words. At Eugene […]

January’s begun fast and furious for me, and I’ve already managed to miss a week of this newsletter. Thanks for your grace. Here’s to the year ahead, and to more grace all around. Around the Web Casting Off the Labels that Limit this Year Esther Fleece Allen writes on life after lament. Our names are […]