Read more of my essays for adults on beauty, justice, community living, the liturgical year, and mother-writers in history here:
Tiny House Living – Plough Magazine, October, 2024
Supernuclear: Guest post Case Study – Windhover, January, 2024
Mercy’s Light for Mothering Spirit, December 2023
Jo March and the Fiction of the Writing Mother for Literary Mama, October 2021
The Radical Spiritual Art of Staying Put for A Life Overseas, 2016
The Underbelly of Being Radical for A Life Overseas , 2016
To My Friends who are Relieved Today – Holy Post Podcast (40 min mark), 2016
ESSAYS ON MY WEBSITE
Occasionally I post essays on my website that don’t end up as newsletter posts (essentially, welcome to my failed pitch list :D) but I have also archived my old blog posts here. From 2013-2016 I blogged pretty regularly about social justice, the non-profit industry, racism, short-term cross-cultural missions, and more at my blog bridging hope. You should be able to search past posts here.
The Just Beautiful Newsletter is on Substack
Hello friends! This is just a quick reminder for those of you that are subscribed to this blog that 99% of my new writing is now housed on Substack. If you head over here, you can subscribe to my monthly newsletter called The Just Beautiful Newsletter. Each month I share an essay (similar to the…
Making and Making-do
Growing up, we didn’t have much pocket money, and so most of our birthday and Christmas presents were made by hand. Being a lover of presents, I would begin with this “making” in October, hoarding things I made in an old hat-box under my bed that (I think) was discovered at a retiring missionary garage…
Spiritual formation in the most unequal society in the world.
“Do not be conformed any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind in Christ Jesus…” (Rom 12:1) The past July, the protest and looting in South Africa left many of us in the church bewildered, angry, terrified, or even burnt-out. Church leaders and members were called…