This article was originally published with Convivium. Since I was a little girl, I’ve loved to bake and I’ve wanted to be a mom. I grew up in a community that places a high level of importance on hospitality and that has always been a value in my life. For a time, I viewed hospitality … Continue reading The Art of the Home
To my daughter, on International Womens Day. I'm thinking of you as I scroll through posts and pictures of women. Women marked as strong, by every possible definition. And I wanted to talk to you about strength. Because you see, there's something you have to know about being strong. Being strong is all about Jesus. … Continue reading An Open Letter to My Daughter on International Women’s Day …
This article was originally published with Convivium. Four years ago, I bought a set of pictures. Pictures of little woodland creatures in their adventures, tumbling down waterfalls and into cool lakes. Pictures that waited for the bedroom of a little one. Pictures that waited in a chest. In a chest for four years. But they're … Continue reading Eyes Wide for a Child of God
This article was originally published with Faith Counts. Many faith traditions are rooted in the practice of hospitality; that kind and generous welcoming of visitors and strangers. Be it striving to serve the poor, welcoming refugees or embracing a child in foster care, it is often people of faith who seek to show hospitality and … Continue reading Radical Hospitality
