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One of my best friends from high school and her husband are mission presidents right now. Last week she wrote about the incredible difference a good companion can make for missionaries. She talked about how one of the sister missionaries was really struggling when she came to the mission. She…

Last night Claire sat perched on the kitchen counter as I whipped up some Friday night pizza, and asked me to tell her about my experience on September 11th when it actually happened all those years ago. It was sobering to sit and discuss all the emotion and deep sadness…

On Tuesday Dave and I celebrated our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Gosh. How does all that time fly by so fast? Weren’t we JUST here, on our honeymoon, eyes wide and bright for the future? And yet, those years have also been slow. I did some serious reminiscing as I worked…

Today we will have a guest post from Gregory Boyle, the Jesuit priest who wrote Tatoos on the Heart…one of my favorite books of all time (HERE). I loved this quote from him that Father Richard Rohr shared in one of his “daily meditations,” and it was so beautiful and…

Last week, after a series of “plan b’s,” my daughter got married amidst majestic red rocks and surrounded (but not too close!), by immediate family. …to the man of her dreams. …amidst a world pandemic. And it was one of my favorite days. There are still such beautiful things going…

When I took my class on Grace last semester, one thing, among the thousands, that hit me was that our teacher (a therapist) explained that everyone has two basic emotional needs: 1) to be ok, and 2) to know that they matter. Isn’t it the most beautiful form of human…

{post edit note: scroll down if you want to get to the main point of this post: thoughts on helping teens learn to minister, because I got a little carried away with the Valentine’s intro:)} And also, this is kind of cool that I can write different up in this…