Confessions of a Clay Pot

I’ve only seen it a few times, and at the same place, so maybe there is some karaoke out there that isn’t so creepy, but so far, for me, i...

I love grocery shopping.   It’s the one situation where I can spend $120 a week and feel not a moment of buyer’s remorse.   I don’t have t...

I generally hesitate to talk politics, especially because I really don’t think Jesus was a Republican or a Democrat.   I see a lot of dama...

Somehow, the embarrassment I felt wasn’t nearly commensurate with the absurdity of what was happening.   On the other hand, too many beers,...

It shouldn’t take more than a brief glance at the circumstances of life around us to know that fairness is an illusion we subscribe to, ...

Wouldn’t it be great if Naboo would just sidle up next to me and say, “Hey, Em, I really hate it when you ignore me and play with the bab...

Now, this is not to say I have achieved perfection. Only that I don't want to talk about the hurts, frustrations, and trials that are re...

A few years ago, my kids’ curiosity about childbirth began to surface, so I thought I’d take the birds and bees by the horns. I went out a...

We brought our first daughter home from the hospital, pulled her out of the car seat, laid her in the middle of the living room, and told ...

Sunday before last, I was scheduled to preach while the pastor was on vacation.   I had agreed to do so well ahead of time and had even begu...

It’s been weeks since I took the leap and started moving things around the house, in anticipation of setting the big girls up in the downsta...

My church does a prayer chain, where people can get word out to the entire church body to ask for immediate prayer, if something urgent happ...

First and foremost, let me say – does anyone need a little crooked neck summer squash?   Or a lot?   Short of that – does anyone have a roc...

The girls have coined a new term this summer.   They like to point out my “Mom Mode.”   More specifically, they like to celebrate the instan...

In our years of church life, my husband and I encountered a fairly steady stream of troubled kids.   Often they would come to church activ...

My husband and I were already engaged before I met his favorite uncle, and that uncle’s fiancée.   They were planning a July wedding, about ...

Well-traveled as I might consider myself, I know next to nothing about Arkansas.   I’ve never seen a PBS travel show about it.   I’ve never ...

My husband jokes that if I ever become famous, they’ll have to put up more historic placards than they used for Ronald Reagan.   It seems li...

I ’m only a month into this “stay at home Mom” gig, but it’s by far the best job I’ve ever had.   The to-do list I was hoping to conquer by...

Just imagine tooling down the highway, the whole family is singing On the Road Again in chorus together, and tagging along behind is that s...