Doing things that are hard
At about 3 a.m., I am running in a warm, foggy rain down a wooded path, somewhere just south of Racine, Wisconsin. My glasses are constantly fogging up (why did I think taking out my [...]
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The mothering God gives
Mother's Day can be rough. If you're childless but not by choice, if you recently lost your mom, if you have ever lost a child, Mother's Day can simply hurt. If you're in a mothering [...]
Two essentials for transformation
Are people capable of change? Are you changing (for the better)? Am I? My books and teaching focus on spiritual transformation—that is, spiritual change. I’m prepping to speak later this week on transformation, how experiencing [...]
In which I take short drive and run right into my privilege
Within a day of arriving home from an extended trip to California, I came down with what you might politely describe as intestinal distress. It wasn’t pretty. Everyone blamed the plane ride. “You probably picked [...]
A monastic approach to motherhood
I’m excited to welcome Micha Boyett, author of Found: A Story of Questions, Grace and Everyday Prayer, to the blog today and tomorrow for a little interview. First, my short review of Found: Being a [...]
Trading “I could never…” for “I just did!”
What keeps you from living the life you want to live? Last winter in Chicago, we experienced a deep freeze where the temperature never went above freezing for more than a month, and walking outside [...]
Soccer Confessions by Keri Wyatt Kent
“Go to the ball, Jenny!! To the ball! C’mon! Atta girl! Go get the ball!” Typical Sunday: morning church, afternoon soccer game. So at a little after 2 p.m., I am on the sidelines, “encouraging” [...]
Holding Hands by Keri Wyatt Kent
It was a beautiful spring day, sunny but with a hint of coolness in the air. A day you needed a jacket, but not desperately. My son, Aaron, and I decided to walk to the [...]
Building endurance for a joyful adventure
My daughter and I plunge into the shallow flowing stream, walking sticks in hand. After a one mile walk up a relatively easy paved path, we reach the trail head for the Narrows, a canyon in [...]
What Title IX gave women
I rarely find myself getting verklempt when reading Sports Illustrated. Truth be told, I rarely read Sports Illustrated. I'm not a fan of a particular annual issue that is a tad, um, tawdry. But the [...]