This weekend our GENESIS show goes up twice at the Aronoff Center and once at Memorial Hall. It’s a one-man show that I will be doing for the first time, walking through the book of Genesis in the Bible. Today …
Small Beginnings
We were out of projects, out of supplies, and out of motivation. And now, we were almost out of time. My husband Todd and I were sponsors for our church’s youth mission trip to Querétaro, Mexico. We’d visited there a …
Uncle God
This morning Leah tried explaining to our 3-year-old, Henry, that his Uncle Justin was her big brother. Just like he’s a big brother to our 3-month-old, Jane. For whatever reason this made him angry. He crossed his arms and shouted, …
Tell Me the Old, Old Story
There are certain things we just don’t say in Christian settings. Perhaps a few choice words come to mind. Well, today I’m going to be bold—I’m going to say some of them. Here I go (take deep breath): “God Bless …
Do You Believe?
I participated in a beautiful outdoor worship service recently; it was a wonderful break in an otherwise stressful week. At one point in the evening, I leaned back and looked up at the sky, everything clear and the stars out. …
Why There Is No God
For atheists there is no God. I’ve wondered why. You may be thinking, “Because that’s the definition of an atheist!” I get that. I wonder why or how someone comes to the conclusion that there is no God. I understand …
Growing Pain
Recently I posted this quote from Alice Walker on Facebook: Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don’t even recognize that growth is happening. We may feel hostile or angry or weepy and hysterical, or we may feel …
Come Closer
One year ago our indie rom-com, A Strange Brand of Happy, just finished its theatrical run in 45 theaters in 40 cities across the US of A. In 2011, while on set shooting the movie, Jim Zartman (our composer) started chatting up …
I Take Her Hand and Spin
God always seemed so “other” from me. I had a kindergarten teacher who was about 95. If she ever liked children it was before both world wars. Miss Gibbs was mean-spirited and downright cruel. Midway through each afternoon we took …
Why “Story” is the Answer to the Hard Questions
The world is a dangerous place. And, as we have seen from Iraq to Missouri to the Ukraine, fragile and volatile. Often I just don’t know what to do or how to think. What I do know is that story …