My dear, sweet, adorable, 22 month old nephew recently learned a new word. No. Now I know what you're thinking...here come the "terrible twos"; the screaming Nooooo as his mom, my very patient sister, drags him out of the grocery store; the falling on the floor crying NO's that come when a near two-year-old doesn't… Continue reading just say no

What did you do on the last night of summer? I spent it by the sea with some of the most amazing teenagers I know. This weekend I, along with some stellar youth advisors, took 45 of our youth on a beach retreat. Our theme was "Called to Be..." and we asked youth to consider… Continue reading the last night of summer

  I intentionally scheduled time at home in Durham for my final two weeks of Sabbatical.  I envisioned using these weeks to do all the things that I usually put off “until I have time” and the things that tend to aggravate the slightly obsessive-compulsive regions of my brain. I wanted to vacuum the deepest… Continue reading cleaning house

These two weeks, I've been at Montreat Youth Conference serving as a Recreation Leader. I was a last minute addition to the line up, brought on to help out my dear friend who is leading rec while also very pregnant. I told myself I was going to say no to Montreat during this Sabbatical summer.… Continue reading re-creation