If you have had an abortion, I honour your journey. If you believe that abortion should be illegal, I honour your journey. If you fall somewhere in between, I honour your journey. Abortion is a hard thing to talk about, but we’re grown ups now, and as Glennon Doyle reminded us, we can do hard things. […]
Grief: Living with Unanswerable Questions
by on May 2, 2019 Leave a Comment
by Tabitha Terlunen [Trigger warning: Loss of a child] I have both witnessed and been the recipient of miracles. I have felt God catch me when I stepped out onto the churning waters of faith. I believe in miracles, I know the theology, I can grasp the concept of divine will vs. a fallen world. […]
Barrenness in the Midst of Creation
by on March 18, 2019 Leave a Comment
By Anne Moman Brock | Instagram: anne_brock_ A birth announcement on Facebook. Weekly baby bump updates on Instagram. An email from a co-worker sharing the news that his wife is pregnant. “I’m pregnant.” “Do you have children?” “Did you hear that so-and-so had a baby?” I’m surrounded by new life but can’t create it myself. There’s […]
Carrying and Miscarrying
by on February 10, 2019 Leave a Comment
By Rachel Asres | @raykkel I carried her for nine weeks. I suppose I don’t really know it was a her; it’s just a feeling I have. We would have named her Imogen—made in the image of God, the One who knit her together. She was at once an answer to prayers and a total […]
The Blessing of the Awkward Silence
by on January 28, 2019 Leave a Comment
By Breanna Lowman In junior high, I learned a new term: Awkward Silence. I guess I didn’t know that silence had to be awkward. As a child, I was never afraid of what people thought of me. Like most children, I was free – free from filters, comparisons, and insecurities. However, when I entered junior […]
