Posted: January 4, 2023
I can say with almost complete certainty that everyone reading this has at some point set a New Year’s resolution that they didn’t end up following through on. Don’t be alarmed if I’ve guessed correctly about you: I say this with such certainty because it’s true for almost everyone! The excitement of celebrating the new […]
Posted: December 12, 2022
The holiday season carries with it a whole host of different meanings for everyone. I think of myself as someone with a mostly positive outlook on the holiday season, but I think that just about everyone would agree that this time of year can be complicated in one way or another. And for some people, […]
Posted: November 4, 2022
Just about everyone has heard of the Biblical principle to “love your neighbor as yourself.” Whether or not you’re someone who subscribes to what’s taught in the Bible, it’s a principle that we can all see the value in—especially in a world that seems to highlight division more than ever. And while I do believe […]
Posted: August 29, 2022
It’s no secret that technology is changing faster than it ever has before. In the last 20 years alone, we’ve been introduced to forms of communication that we could never have imagined. And yet, in the midst of all of this advancement, it seems more and more common for people to feel social regression. This […]
Posted: July 27, 2022
I sincerely believe that we talk about the weather more in the American Midwest than any other set of people does in any other part of the world. I first began to suspect this soon after I moved to Minnesota in 2015: it was at this point that I realized my father (who has not […]
Posted: May 31, 2022
Raising children is the biggest, hardest job any of us will ever have, even in the best of circumstances. It is a privilege to shape the lives of future generations, yet we all do this honored task imperfectly. We each bring our unique baggage, our pain and vulnerability, and our own brand of prejudice to […]
