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Fighting to Love

People aren’t easy to love. They are irrational, irritating, bipolar beings. People are complicated and usually have all their thoughts, feelings, and emotions in some sort of  difficult, wadded-up ball of goop that can’t entirely be separated. People...

Altar-Sitting

Life is overwhelming. Period. There’s no way to get around the reality that too often in life, we feel overcome by everything going on around us and in us. We don’t know where to turn, where to go, or what to do. And lately, I’ve found myself at this place multiple...

Communion Sunday Struggles

I’m a Christian, but I deeply struggle on Communion Sunday. Before you think I’m a heathen, I first want to say that I love that my church family takes Communion together on a regular basis. It is such a beautiful reminder of the crucifixion of our Lord. However, I...

A Church Stairs Confession

I grew up in a house without stairs. One floor. That was it. My high school didn’t have stairs, and neither did my job or library. When we were at the mall, we usually took the escalator or elevator. The only time I ever used stairs was when I was at a friend’s house...

An Invitation to Community

It’s 11:27, and I’m siting on the back row of my church. Even though I’m sitting on the back pew, the place typically referred to as the place where the “I have no one to sit with” people sit, I am not alone. Even though I’m in the...