Woman hiker with backpack, standing where the path crests on a cliff, looking down on the huge, barren canyon below
Photo by sara.atkins

God is kind but not soft

Mini-post. "God is kind, but he's not soft ..." A notable Bible quote and an image of a courageous woman that encourage me to go with God.

From the cover of Pondering Privilege: White dove holds an olive branch in its beak, over the book's subtitle, "toward a deeper understanding of whiteness, race, and faith."

A call to cultural humility

This book is a call to cultural humility by a woman who writes with a lot of humility. It's a call to us who are white to press in to see that what we count "normal" may not be others' normal at all.

Closeup of me snuggling my firstborn moments after her birth

Book writing and baby birthing

  • Post category:My Story
  • Post last modified:September 4, 2025

Bringing forth a viable book - or any other work that is living, breathing and life-giving - requires waiting and cooperating with God through the whole gestation period, however long he designates it to be.

Feet of a person in athletic shoes running down a narrow, unpaved path.

I’ll run

  • Post category:Living Life
  • Post last modified:March 17, 2024

Mini-post, with a song for the road. "I'll run, I'll run. I'm gonna run this race to hear You say, 'Well done.'"