Written by Jenny Faultner.
At 39 weeks my daughter, Zoe, was born and underwent surgery to prepare her for the heart transplant she received 5 weeks later. In anticipation of this event, each prenatal doctor’s appointment and consultation cut deeper, removing our life’s expectations piece by piece, culminating in the conference room, hushed toned obituary that [...]

Written by Amy Letinsky
In a large apartment complex, there’s always at least one moving truck around, signaling the arrival of a new neighbor. I walked across the parking lot to greet our new neighbors, but I stopped short when I saw their “welcome” mat. Instead of the typical “welcome” words greeting me, I read the [...]

This summer for our sixth wedding anniversary, Bryan took me to dinner at Salty’s on Alki. If you’ve never been to Salty’s, it is an excellent seafood restaurant with gorgeous views across the bay to downtown Seattle – one of our favorite places to enjoy a long, slow dinner with a bottle of wine.
During this [...]

I ran into a woman at Fred Meyer a couple months ago. We were both dropping off our kids at the while-you-shop daycare, and I said something to her about how nice it is to be able to shop without distraction. We talked for a few minutes, and then she commented on how I looked [...]

I think some people just have hospitable personalities that, no matter where you are, make you want to camp out in the living room of their soul.
I don’t know that I have that sort of personality.
I tend to size up the situation before me and make a judgment of who a person is before engaging [...]

Lately my husband, Bryan, and I have been drawn into conversations with non-Christian friends about ritual, and what it means, and what its purpose is. What are these touch points in the life of Christians that bind together those of us who are inked, pierced, professional, blue collar, student, grandparent, rich and poor – [...]