Last week, I felt my body start to give way. Regular tasks at work took ten times longer than usual. Evenings that typically held loads of laundry and bread-baking were exchanged for early bedtimes due to zero energy. I had no focus to read. The sore throat crept in mid-week, crumminess resigning me to the couch. But [...]
This is the beginning of my post for (in)courage. Read the full article here! My husband and I planned to meet my family for dinner one evening. To make a long story — filled with blame, self-pity, mental road rage, and maybe a few tears — short, I was late. Thirty minutes late. Forty minutes [...]
My thoughts on these last few weeks have most certainly followed a non-linear progression - an exasperated 'not again,' a quest for facts, misunderstanding and being misunderstood, anger surrounding division, submission to grief, hopes for reconciliation, questions about my role in this. I am a police officer's wife. But more than that, I am a Christian, [...]
We were married three years ago today. It's a nice number, if a little awkward. I no longer feel like a newlywed, and yet to be the one giving marriage advice seems a bit presumptuous. I look back at our first anniversary and am reminded that I will forever be growing up. We've lived at four [...]
I went to the beach last week. And when I took one of my morning walks, I remembered I wrote something two winters ago and never shared it. The words of this piece (edited slightly for length) came even before I posted this quote from one of my favorite authors. The ocean will always stir things [...]
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." Matthew 5: 3-4 It's been a while. The first few months of the year have required me to sink in deep each day. Peeling back layers of conversation, stints away from home, the [...]
This is the beginning of my post for (in)courage. Read the full article here! I am aware of my broken pieces. I know what pulls at the sleeves of my patience and what triggers my insecurity. I recognize my propensity towards perfectionism and where I’m prone to apathy. And where there is my sin, there is me: [...]
Last month, Thomas and I went into Chicago. It was our first time going into the city together - a place that was very unfamiliar. We dared to navigate the Shedd Aquarium line, not to mention the beast that is the public transit system. I prepped and planned the day before, finding a cheap place to park and [...]
Hey, hi, hello. I hope September has been good to you so far. The past few months have been wild, working in campus ministry during the start-of-the-semester hustle and attempting to create healthy rhythms in the midst of it. Days are full, and although they sometimes wear me out, they're also full of purpose. I'm [...]
In three days, I start working again after a five-month hiatus. That means I'll use the slow cooker a bit more and should try to refrain from starting movies late Sunday night. But it also means there is a role in the world of campus ministry that I can fill, and I'm excited to devote [...]
Mallory R. Manning 