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My Little Green Room
I don’t really know why or when I stopped doing art. The flow of drawings that had poured out of…
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Etsy shop online
I just wanted to post a brief update letting you all know that I have opened a shop on Etsy.…
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Jesus and Jane Austen: The Faith and Witness of the Greatest Romantic Novelist
The following was a presentation I gave to a Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) Zone Rally hosted at Village Lutheran…
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The Need for Art in the Age of Simulation
There is a new faddish piece of tech nonsense bouncing around social media—maybe you’ve heard of it: AI “art.” I…
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Home Matters
If you’ve read this blog somewhat-regularly or if you know me in real life, you know that I’ve moved around…
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Math is proof that God loves us
For most of my life, most people I’ve known haven’t liked math. Whether while in school or since as a…
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Take it Slow
A lot of life has taken on a motion-blurring warp-speed pace, a quickness that belies reflection, awareness, or even just…
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Anniversary Reflections
Today, my husband, Jonathan, and I have been married for three years. Jonathan and I got married about ten days…
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A Twenty Minute Reflection on Change
I’ve been wanting to write something here for the past several days, but I’ve been struggling to figure out what…
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On Reading and Starting Anew
Jonathan and I have talked at length about reading, especially fostering that love of reading that so many of us…
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Meditation on a Painting: Christ with the Peasants by Fritz von Uhde
What can a nineteenth century German painting tell us about God’s presence with us today?
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The day I drove my car into a ditch
I drove my car into a ditch yesterday. We were supposed to drive to St. Louis to tour an apartment…
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A Dispatch in the Quiet
Apologies for my long pause in writing—we have had a very hectic winter season, though with the conclusion of a…
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Beauty and Christ: A Reflection on What it Means to Be Human
We inhabit a culture of terrible ugliness. Not only metaphorically—though there is plenty of ugly behavior, ugly politics, ugly thoughts…
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Pop Music, Taylor Swift, and Storytelling
If you are a woman or know any women between the ages of about 18 and 35, odds are you’ve…
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Tuesday’s Tidings: October 5, 2021
Watching: Amadeus (1984) Jonathan and I watched the classic film Amadeus recently. It definitely took some liberties with the historical…
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Salvator Mundi
A short post today! I wanted to share a piece of digital art I made recently with you all. The…
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Tuesday Tidings: September 14, 2021
Sorry for the lack of posts lately! A combination of a migraine attack and a glut of work knocked me…
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Tuesday’s Tidings: August 10 2021
This week, I’ll be starting a new weekly post on Tuesdays. It’ll be brief, just an overview of what I’m…
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Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains
There’s a famous dictum that comes out of the early days of coding and computer building: garbage in, garbage out.…
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Where have you been?
If you are reading this blog post, there is a good chance you have noticed (or are now realizing) that…
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A poem (or hymn) from the evening
I made myself a little corner of quiet the other night and wrote a little poem, or hymn, depending upon…
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Some music to brighten your day
I made a playlist a few days back to share with the students in the class I TA for. I…
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Paintings for Sale
I’ve posted some small watercolor paintings for sale over on the Shoppe page. They’re $25 (includes shipping). It hurts my…
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A Normal Person’s Guide to Living Sustainably
Over the past year or so, Jonathan and I have slowly integrated more sustainable choices into our day-to-day life. By…
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God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.
This has been a weird month. About a month ago, I had an ovarian cyst rupture. It caught me completely…
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I’m still glad I made that chicken pot pie: a fable
Last night, I achieved quite the feat: I may have created the best chicken pot pie of all time. Or…