On Changing Your Mind

When was the last time you changed your mind about something? I’m currently living a life I had once adamantly […]

On Virtuous Dissent

How can we disagree well? Yes, you read that correctly. Conflict is inevitable. We know that. Sometimes we internalize, name-call, […]

On Hope

We’ve been focused a lot on suffering this year. Suffering of illness and death, as well as suffering of loneliness, […]

On Saving Lives and Losing Lives

How are we talking about things? How are we framing conversations? Can we even listen to ourselves right now? I […]

On Prayer in Strange Times

If there has been any year when we need more prayer, 2020 has been it, am I right? And although […]

On Pill-Haters and Pill-Lovers

I’ve been thinking about another false dichotomy. Theme of the year? We tend to put people into one of two […]

On Slowing Down

I’ve already lost some readers because of my title!  So much has already been written surrounding the idea of slow, […]

On Discernment

I want to live in a world where all leaders serve for the good of the people and where I […]

On Living as a Whole Person

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the heart, the mind, and strength. Maybe its because of my Enneagram love? […]

Why a blog?

Isn’t blogging old school? Yes, perhaps. But Carmen, aren’t you busy with homeschooling, parenting, homesteading, studying, and just being a […]