living in light of eternity
They are still small, mini-people, with that baby fine hair and the imperfect use of pronouns. But every single one already has strong opinions, big plans. "Mine," says one. "I want purple." She snatches a block, fierce and determined. Her tower is prodigious (maybe six inches tall). She guards it with a look that means trouble... Continue Reading →
What's a good career path for a girl who just wants to change the world? Stay at home mom, right? Wait... I’m a person who feels strongly what Courtney Reissig calls the “pull of the spectacular.” I want my short life to count. I want to do eternal things with the days I’ve been given. I... Continue Reading →
Grisham, Hemingway, Melville, U2, The Byrds, Dave Matthews, and debatably, Pink Floyd. What do they all have in common? They’ve all borrowed (stolen?) from Ecclesiastes. Who can blame them? What is not to love? This is the book for our times: from drinking to free love to despondent fatalism, it’s like the lyric sheet of our... Continue Reading →
Writers are shy people who can spend long hours all alone. We aren't supposed to do terrifying things like give interviews! But here for your amusement is my first radio show. The kind man who interviewed me is Marty Guise from KSIV in St. Louis, and you can find him on Facebook at Lay Renewal... Continue Reading →
New year, fresh start. Time to consider how to live passionately in light of eternity, to make this year one that ripples for a long, long time. How will you spend your 30,000 days? Y'all, we spend our days in a broken world, but not for long. Here's an invitation to daydream about what it will be... Continue Reading →
This is a year for wonder, a year for paying attention. What if this year was your last? How would you live it full? This is a year for courage, to live fearless in the face of a world full of fear. To "be you bravely" --kind, compassionate, generous. To speak with grace and answer ugly... Continue Reading →
It's the first week back. That means we're still eating breakfast -- the good kind, with fruit and waffles and mmmm, bacon. We can still locate sharpened pencils (though we did somehow misplace a book on Monday. Monday, people. The first day. Not to worry, it turned up, obviously, in the closed, dusty, cabinet under... Continue Reading →
Lately I've been wondering: How does God speak? How does God speak to you? Does He speak the same way to everyone? Did He speak the same way to everyone in days of old? Is Scripture the only way God speaks? How can God speak through Scripture when it’s not in front of us? If we... Continue Reading →
Vocation: calling, life’s work, mission, purpose, craft, career. Deeper than a job, what “occupies” us, what we clock in and out for, vocation is something welling up and spilling out. Vocation is what you daydream about when you’re a kid or pursue in your free time with passion. And sometimes it’s at odds with gainful... Continue Reading →
I read recently of a homeschool family that ran afoul of local authorities. Someone looked at this little-bit-different, little-bit-strange family, raised their eyebrows, and made a phone call. Evidently one of the kids had been brought to the hospital and Mom and Dad left the older kids in charge of the small ones. Child Protective... Continue Reading →
Catherine's Letters 