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 […]

There was a GOAT Jeopardy Tournament going on this week and my trivia brain has gotten a steady stream of fodder. I feel so good when I get just one answer right–and then I realize I’d be a terrible actual competitor. I’ll stick with reading the Trivial Pursuit cards from the game in my closet. […]

Volume 8. I don’t know if you ever really pay attention to the subject line of this email, but it’s the place where you can find out fun things like how many Warren & the World emails I’ve missed sending out in a given year (if you do the math), and also things like how […]

My niece is grieving today–her little cat died yesterday. I’ll be with her just a few days from now to celebrate Christmas, knowing that she’s facing a kind of grief she’s never known before. I know what it is to face a day of shining and bright with a big hole in your heart, and […]

We’ve entered the darkness of Advent, a quiet season in which we look forward, forward to hope, to joy, to peace. May your waiting time be filled with deep joy. Around the Web Holidays When Things are Messy: Think of “The Four” (How to Prepare for Advent & Christmas When Life’s Kinda Messed Up) Ann […]