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At the end of the year we turn with eagerness to all that God has for the future, and yet anxiety is apt to arise when we remember our yesterdays. Our yesterdays hold broken [...]

I wish you joy this season! Joy when you feel overlooked and lonely, and joy in the peace and holy stillness. Joy when a loved one who is deployed returns home, and joy when [...]

Ranger and I noticed how the golden aspens were glowing in the late afternoon light and he recently sat so sweetly for a photograph (but in reality he was staring at small pieces of [...]

This morning I taught a Professional Learning Community session on Publish Your Passion: A Guide to Self-Publishing for Educators. It was so rewarding to connect with educators and anticipate how they might grow as [...]

I’m always chasing light. I think it was the way the sun fluttered through shadows of other trees and cast undulating light on the yellowing aspen in my backyard this morning as I was [...]

My bestie treated me to a marvelous three hour dinner and delightful gifts which she knows makes my heart soar and just continues to support my love for writing! In my 32 years of [...]

There are many pressing issues I could address about the state of education today — ranging from systemic structures and pedagogical practices to the realities within my own school district, where I’ve been teaching [...]

***What is the mark of a humble servant leader? The mark of a humble servant leader is the ability to prioritize the well-being and growth of others, often placing other needs above one's own. [...]

“Our lives are lived in chapters, and there’s nothing wrong when one chapter ends and another begins” (Mrs. Patmore, in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale). The thematic topics of chapters and change in the [...]

I really miss hugging my three daughters every day, but I’m comforted knowing they’re doing well and thriving at university. Physical closeness has always been my love language — reading their expressions, holding hands, [...]