The day I realized my anxiety about the Bible wasn’t going away, I thought I’d completely placed my fretting in God’s hands. After settling in my green easy chair, I found the passage in Matthew for my new reading plan—the plan I saw as a new leaf in my spotty devotionals. I wanted to finally …
I Won’t Say I Read Trashy Books Anymore—For The Mudroom
My friend Melissa has a way of being kind that also makes me think. We were out for coffee, talking about books. Specifically: about my anxiety about wanting to read more. By most measures, I read a lot, but with the advent of smart phones and parenthood, I read less then I used to. Recently, …
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Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect
I grew up practicing ballet—fifteen years of plies, pointe shoes and pirouettes. I played Clara in the Nutcracker, got a chance to dance with the San Francisco Ballet in junior high, and got a whole lot of blisters. Ballet is an exacting art form. One class I took was literally called “Perfection”. Every class, we eyed ourselves even …
For the One Who Procrastinates
At least once a week, someone I know remarks how organized I am. How tidy my house, how spotless my pantry, how early I make deadline, how on the ball I am. I wish I were that organized, women tell me. I should be more like you. I never really know how to respond to …
The Big Picture vs. the Details
Off and on, I’ve been trying to draw from nature. Leaves. Fruit. Weird seed pods. Also, trees. Can I just say that drawing a tree is one of the most frustrating things ever? How do you draw the whole thing? The branches, the leaves, the canopy? When you look at a tree, you see a …