with the recent release of anne lamott's latest non-fiction, some assembly required, i thought i would honor her with a post about the ways that her writing, her way of being, has influenced so many of us. friend and fellow author, shauna niequist, wrote a fantastic...

a few phone photos from instagram that capture some of what april has looked like at our house . . . lanterns are one of my loves. this one is newly acquired and sitting in the middle of our dining room table. beautiful with a candle. the metal and wood are such a...

Still opens with a quote from John Updike: “He wonders if he’s lying. If he is, he is hung in the middle of nowhere, and the thought hollows him.” This line sets the stage for the “middles” Winner will be exploring, specifically the middle—the no-man’s-land—of faith...

Reading . . . Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way by Steven Pressfield. My agent read this recently (actually it was probably more like a year ago, but that’s not the point) and tweeted out some completely amazing excerpts and I put it on my...

I have been turning over the topic of longing lately . . . Longing in my journey through these early days, and now early years, of motherhood. Longing as a universal, and yet deeply vulnerable, human posture—no matter the life stage, the specifics. I’ve been going...