Live With Flair

I love Psalm 90:14 and this beautiful prayer: “Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be

I see a photo in a travel magazine of someone eating a soft corn tortilla stuffed with roasted butternut squash, black beans, shrimp, avocado, cilantro,

My daughter starts her first job this afternoon at the grocery story down the street. I’ll drive her down, drop her off, and beam with

After the horrific news of the school shooting in Florida yesterday, I remember the paralyzing disbelief of Columbine. I remember asking, “How can this be?”

It’s late afternoon, and I’m crying in a bubble bath. I arrived home from work and a doctor’s appointment with my oldest daughter, Sarah, to

When I place students into their peer writing workshop groups of three, I always give them five minutes to answer a surprisingly difficult question. I

I hear a new friend use a new verb: scaffolds. She’s describing how a particular mentor works in her life, and she says, “I just

I think of Sunday as a time to prepare the heart spiritually for what’s ahead by nourishing the soul with God’s word, prayer, learning in

For the first time in years, I felt complete peace at a speaking event. I’ve spent so long asking God to teach me how to

Today I remember to actively seek out wisdom from those ahead of me–not only in parenting, but also in my professional life. Whenever I’m in