Although I\’ve been wanting this blog space to be one where I could plan, teach, and share the things I have learned or want to learn as I try to delve more deeply into the realm of stewardship of faith and health, I find myself despairing of actually being able to do it consistently. I […]
Figuring things out Read More »
In February of 2019, I accompanied my grandfather to a doctor’s appointment at a hospital in Chicago. (It’s strange to think of it now, but it was only a year before the pandemic.) He had been experiencing increasing abdominal discomfort for the past several months, and though we had a sense of what we were
The End of a Life… Read More »
John 10:10 \”The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full\” (emphasis added, of course) These last few weeks, I\’ve been struggling. I\’ve been struggling to stay motivated at work, at home, with my husband, with my kids, with my
This week is the start of the No Sugar challenge for my husband and me. It has only been a few days but I am already learning so much, including how to deal with the sadness of having no added sugar, because there is added sugar in EVERYTHING. Veggies straws? Sugar. Crackers? Sugar. CRAISINS?! Sugar.
“Sticky” notes (because of the sugar. Get it? Haha… ha…) Read More »
I\’ve been wanting to explain how I approach certain topics related to health and wellness. I want to outline my priorities, because it will inform (I hope) the way I write as a whole and where I want to be as a person. A fellow named Aaron Baart recently wrote an article entitled \”When Cultural
A Sweet Fast… A Sweets fast? (I\’m sure there\’s a better way to say that…?!?!) Read More »
My purpose for this site is to explore what it looks like to go into health ministry. More specifically, I am exploring what it looks like to be a minister in the church who guides people to steward the resource that is their bodies in order to increase their capacity to worship with their whole
I\’ve always admired people who could think critically enough to critique a book intelligently. It\’s not something I\’ve made a practice of regularly, at least not out loud. I\’ve read terrible books and loved them, and I\’ve closed good books out of boredom. So I hesitated to do this in public, since I figured I\’m
Fear and Criticism Read More »
Matthew 25:14-30 (NLT) \”Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone…\” I ache all over. All the time. I try to avoid bending to pick up stuff from the
11:11 pm on a Thursday night, and I find myself here again. It\’s been a long time. I\’m tired. The kids haven\’t been sleeping very well, one is teething, the other is transitioning to a bed he can get out of easily, so our nights are interrupted. I don\’t think I\’ve had a full night\’s