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Category: imperfection

The Blessing of Failure

Like Anna in Frozen, much of my adulthood has been a series of doors in my face. Apparently God’s personal plan for me revolves around learning to deal graciously with…

Magnetic Norths

  I’m increasingly conscious of the impact of where people are coming from and how we approach life. We all have a few inherent base orientations, base assumptions, or defaults…

More, More, More

One of my first Story 101 assignments, which we’ve continued to discuss throughout the class, was to “write the hard thing.” Seven weeks in, I was still wondering where to…

Reach and Release

(The current prompt for my writing class is reach and release. I’m not sure if the following is the direction we were supposed to take, but it’s what came out.)…

Right Now Is Good

I’m having a moment of deep contentment with my life. They hit me every once in a while. I’ll be driving, or hanging out with friends, or on the couch…