Every Moment Has Meaning: A Love Story
It is very difficult to describe the changes that have happened in me over the last few years. It is definitely a story for more
April 27, 2022
Trivial Circumstances Blog
Every Moment Has Meaning
Burnout
A friend passed along a story the other day about schools closing for days or even weeks to prevent teachers from burning out and quitting.
December 30, 2021
One in Spirit 2
When I say the word “spirit” or “spiritual,” I think most of us think of a realm of incorporeal beings whose presence we might feel
November 8, 2021
Parting Thoughts on October’s Book Club Read from Audre Lorde
I am learning that people who have had to fight for their lives in the battle for our global humaneness have a much deeper understanding of the whys and wherefores of our being than so many of the writers I’ve always heard called “great.”
October 29, 2021
Lust: the Sermon on the Mount and a Few Missing Words
“Gee, Amy, it’s been a minute since you blogged about sex.” Yes, yes it has. Thanks for noticing! Shall we dive back in? There’s a
October 15, 2021
Polite Morality and Why I Left Church
Why I stopped going to church… What I’m about to write to you is tough medicine. I’m not saying that as a figure of speech.
September 20, 2021
Abundance
Once upon a time, a grasshopper lived in a pleasant meadow. She had what she needed: grass to eat, leaves to cover her head in
September 18, 2021
Just a Word
If you’ve been following me for awhile, you might remember a few blog series I started to write then stalled out. Most notably, one on
September 12, 2021
Imagining Greatness
As a writer, I spend a lot of time thinking about the imagination. As a writer who likes to tackle spiritual things, that takes a
August 2, 2021
What if we’re not broken?
On thing we’ve embraced as a culture (and that I have wholeheartedly embraced personally) the last few years is the beauty and the power of
April 8, 2021
Love Never Fails: Part 1
I want to tell you a story. Stories are how we see the unseen. Truth is something that is written so deeply in our hearts
September 9, 2020
One in Spirit 1
I don’t usually read my alumni magazine, but the cover of the spring issue caught my eye. It arrived a few short weeks after I
July 24, 2020
