“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.” –Ephesians 5:31-32 Dear God, As you know, of course, Saturday was wedding day. Days have passed but… Continue reading This Mystery is Profound
[PART ONE: The idea of “a sacred history” has captured my imagination this month. I’ve found myself internally shining its light on my relationships as wife, friend, mother. Writing in this quiet corner of the digital world is one way I process the big ideas, especially those seen through the lens of story. In these dog… Continue reading A Sacred History: The Persevering Art of Marriage
A miracle has happened for the second time. Todd and I have dialed in on a TV series that we both enjoy. At the same time. This may be overstating miracle status, but still, when most forms of entertainment require one of us to take one for the team, I get fairly excited. What I’m… Continue reading Thank You, Madam
Today is our 27th wedding anniversary. We woke up to rain on the windows of an ordinary Thursday. Everyone racing through routines we’ve been in since the first day of school, but still running behind per the usual. Dishes piled high from the past few days and a hole leaking conveniently out the bottom of a… Continue reading Most Improved
Some things are so bad you just have to get them out, shove them right out in the light in hopes that decades of failure might find redemption through honest confession. Here it is. My name is Kelli and I suck at laundry. The washing, the drying, the folding, the ironing. All of it. There… Continue reading Death by Laundry and Other Confessions
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