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Embrace the Pivot: Navigating Life’s Changes with Grace

When you hear the word “pivot” – what comes to mind? If you grew up playing basketball (or went to countless games to cheer on your best friend, as I did), the word inspires an image of players moving from one place to another on the court, opposing teams in motion, bodies positioned and readyContinue reading “Embrace the Pivot: Navigating Life’s Changes with Grace”

Fighting the Fear of Failure in the Creative Process

Business is a metric-driven game, therefore, our emotional sense of success or failure can be directly informed by data. Did you see a return on your investment? Success! Did your new hire close his first deal in Q1? Success! Did the latest campaign generate more traffic? No, engagement is down by X% ( = Failure).Continue reading “Fighting the Fear of Failure in the Creative Process”

CORAM DEO x Substack

If you didn’t get the memo, I’ve migrated to Substack! Expect a monthly newsletter on cultivating a creative life for God’s glory. Here you’ll find musings on writing, old books, motherhood, the art of learning, cultural analysis, and spiritual formation. Nothing too precious, except life and everything in it. You can subscribe here.

Thanks for the Sign

On learning to learn, the changing of seasons, and Elizabeth Gaskell’s ‘North and South’ In our (long)neck of the woods, the leaves are falling. This morning, while walking the dogs by the creek, the air was cool and wet, and I saw the first orb weaver spider of the season; they like to wait toContinue reading “Thanks for the Sign”

Faith, Family, and Homeschooling: A New Chapter

For all the years I have been a Christian, and earnestly trying to follow Christ, the one thing I cannot (honestly) say is that it is boring. I guess it’s similar to raising kids in that way—as soon as you get used to the rhythms and practices of one season, everything completely changes and youContinue reading “Faith, Family, and Homeschooling: A New Chapter”

Where Does My Help Come From?

The internet, and social media especially, likes to talk a lot about mindset -about having “intentionality” with our thoughts. I only mock a little. I get the idea, yes we should be aware of our thought patterns and try to identify and correct any woe-is-me mindset. And scripture certainly instructs us to take every thoughtContinue reading “Where Does My Help Come From?”

Rediscovering Classic Literature: Embracing Beauty and Virtue in Frankenstein

As many of you know, I’ve embarked on a journey of fiction (not a fictional journey, I hope!) over the last few years. I like to think that I’m reclaiming my childhood love of reading for the pure fun of it…and because I need/crave the creative spark that nonfiction was not giving…and various other (mostlyContinue reading “Rediscovering Classic Literature: Embracing Beauty and Virtue in Frankenstein”

Slaying Ice Giants (and other Christian pursuits)

I’m riding in the back of an Uber through lower Manhattan. The Sunday morning sun is blazing already and its light touches everything – tops of cars zipping by, people moving along the grid as one unit, buildings reaching for the sky like fingers. Every surface shimmers white hot. While the world warms, the questionsContinue reading “Slaying Ice Giants (and other Christian pursuits)”

Spiderman, Lamentations, and the Steadfast Love of God

My youngest son came to me this morning, asking as he does every morning, to fasten the velcro closures on the back of his Spiderman costume (he wears this thing like it’s his job). Only this time, he looked me in the eye and asked, “Are you tired of doing this? “ What a funnyContinue reading “Spiderman, Lamentations, and the Steadfast Love of God”