You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world.  –Matthew 5:14, The Message  olive | You’ve lost so many teeth the last...

This week has felt so difficult for some reason. Maybe it was the thick heat that made its way back here, forcing us to shut...

“a portrait of my children once a week in 2014” liam // you’re always imagining and building something new.  You inspire others with vision. burke...

  “a weekly portrait of each of my children in 2014” liam: a few months ago, he gently reminded someone making a racial comment, “I...

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. ― Mary Oliver, Something I’ve been thinking about this poem lately, a timely reminder for...

In these almost seven years of living in our home, I have learned to trace the light within it through seasons and hours. I plan...

We’ve moved into this new year like a sleep-deprived mother moves out of bed — slowly, bed-head and all. Although Mark did remove the Christmas...