Field Notes

The Detention Conversation

The Detention Conversation

Her worst moment was not the truest thing about her and I remember looking at her (in the review mirror) in that moment thinking: There is absolutely nothing this girl could...

The Detention Conversation

Her worst moment was not the truest thing about her and I remember looking at her (in the review mirror) in that moment thinking: There is absolutely nothing this girl could...

Spiderman and the Armour of God

Spiderman and the Armour of God

Lately, my three year old son has started his mornings the same way. Before breakfast, before shoes, before he’s fully awake… he runs to me (Taren) in his pj’s, clutching...

Spiderman and the Armour of God

Lately, my three year old son has started his mornings the same way. Before breakfast, before shoes, before he’s fully awake… he runs to me (Taren) in his pj’s, clutching...

The Shape of a Mother

The Shape of a Mother

That was the moment I became a mother. Or was it? Did a switch flip overnight? One day not a mother, the next day suddenly one?In some ways, yes. But in a...

The Shape of a Mother

That was the moment I became a mother. Or was it? Did a switch flip overnight? One day not a mother, the next day suddenly one?In some ways, yes. But in a...

The Knight of Shit & Mud

The Knight of Shit & Mud

There have been seasons where I pretended I was still at the top of my game. I told myself I had it together. That I was more mature. More holy....

The Knight of Shit & Mud

There have been seasons where I pretended I was still at the top of my game. I told myself I had it together. That I was more mature. More holy....

A New Celebrity In Our House

A New Celebrity In Our House

And maybe that’s why I can’t look away either. Because she might be fictional, but the struggle isn’t, showing up as your true self, knowing your value and actually believing it....

A New Celebrity In Our House

And maybe that’s why I can’t look away either. Because she might be fictional, but the struggle isn’t, showing up as your true self, knowing your value and actually believing it....

Only Temporary

Only Temporary

There is a strange tension in following Jesus. We are called to be fully present here. To love our neighbour. To build, plant, serve, create, show up. And yet we...

Only Temporary

There is a strange tension in following Jesus. We are called to be fully present here. To love our neighbour. To build, plant, serve, create, show up. And yet we...