I am tired of being angry and aimless. Tired of destructive outrage. Tired of fighting against. I need to collect and focus all that angst towards building and advocating and being for. I need to remember what I want my voice to be for. What am I for? Read the rest on A Deeper Story 

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“People will let you down, but your Father God will never let you down.” At first, the idea wraps my soul in a warm blanket and I sink happily into its warm folds. Until I think about the two brothers I wrote about at work. The younger one has cerebral palsy, and since they live…

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I enjoy talking with other writers and authors so much, and I love encouraging people to use their gifts. So when Beacon Hill Press asked if I’d be willing to facilitate a conversation with the authors of the new book, Reclaiming Eve: The Identity and Calling of Women in the Kingdom of God, I jumped at…

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The last time I felt the I-did-this-wrong guilt this heavy was the day your big sister died. That day and for weeks (months?) after, I agonized over every minute of her last day, wondering what if she died because of my mistake? Today, I fight back tears and the urge to rend my clothes and…

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I turned 38 in February. I feel like I’ve earned every one of those 38 years. But it’s strange to look back at those years and see a Joy I barely recognize. I’ve been changing all my life. You’d think I’d know how to do it by now. I think I should, anyway. You and I…

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My favorite stage of parenting so far is age 8-11. Babies are cute, but they are incredibly needy, mind-blowingly messy, and you can’t have a conversation with them. I much prefer interacting with people who can wipe their own bottoms, pick up after themselves (albeit with much resistance and some coercion), and have heated arguments…

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