Relationships Gratitude Notes as a Spiritual Practice A few years ago, as I was preparing for my senior chapel service (a capstone in seminary), I couldn’t stop thinking about the Emmie Arnold Posted on December 26, 2021
Books Book Review| No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler TL;DR: If you’re an overachiever who’s facing suffering and trying to be, well, the very best at facing it, you may feel Emmie Arnold Posted on December 17, 2021
Family My Regrets and Hopes for the Future: Grandparents’ Day If I’m being honest, I’ve thought more about my grandparents in the past two years than I had in my previous 26 years of Emmie Arnold Posted on September 12, 2021
Life Show Your Teacher Appreciation The end of the school year is approaching, and many are celebrating. The reality is, however, that the teachers who have made Emmie Arnold Posted on June 3, 2021
Essays Sprouting Last spring, I attended an eight-week therapy group for chronically ill folks. In it, we developed a language around talking Jessi-James Grey Posted on February 25, 2020
Family An Unexpected Reaction to My Daughter’s Heartbreak As my six-year-old daughter walked from the doors of her school toward the car, I could tell something was not quite right. Jon Ziegler Posted on January 16, 2020
Life I Didn’t Just Survive the Old Year; I Lived It We now enter the time of year when it seems everywhere, everywhere, people are heartily wishing 2019 a swift “Fuck off.” And Nanea Hoffman Posted on December 30, 2019
Connection What I Learned In One Year of Posting Only Good Things on Instagram “Social media is a waste of time.” “It’s the highlight reel, not real life.” “I call it Fake-Book.” “People are so mean with Abigail Green Posted on December 15, 2019
Connection Letter Writing as an Act of Love According to the author of “5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts,” Gary Chapman, there are unique sets of “love Emmie Arnold Posted on December 7, 2019
Self Care Connecting at the Tender Places “Listen to me,” the woman said. She laid her hand briefly on my arm, like a lighting butterfly – just long enough so that I Nanea Hoffman Posted on November 27, 2019