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What do you do that keeps you sane? I’m guessing that a lot of us have things we do that would appear impractical and odd to anyone who observed us doing them (if we actually let anyone observe us doing them). They’d count as silliness were it not for one factor: the good they do... Continue Reading →
"We tend to associate this time of year with devotionals or books for study," I wrote recently in Christian Theological Seminary's CTS Connections newsletter. It was a piece reflecting on my recent novel, Kat's Dreams. I continued: "In the case of Kat’s Dreams, though, I chose to set this story during Lent – and I envision... Continue Reading →
I’ve been looking ahead, daydreaming about blossoms on trees, and fresh starts, and new things. They sound beautiful. Newness means change, though, and I’ve had a complicated relationship with change. Perhaps many of us have in recent years as the pace of it seems to have picked up. Change can bring about great good, but... Continue Reading →
What if we saw the unknowns of life not as things to worry about but as spaces full of promise?
Sometimes it's from the dust and ashes that God brings blessing and even new life.
Sometimes it helps to spend time with the difficult things in our lives using a grace-filled lens and a lot of imagination about what God might actually be redeeming even now.
Callie J. Smith 