Going on to Perfection...

It's been 50 days since I've been off the island. The last time was to visit my family for a couple days in the middle of March as t...

I picked up my four year old as I gave the Words of Assurance near the close of my congregation’s Ash Wednesday service. He had been fidgety...

  I love a good funeral. First of all, they are So. Much. Easier. than most weddings. With weddings - yes, you have the beautiful celebr...

This morning I have sat around in a sleep-deprived stupor, scrolling and scrolling and scrolling through my Facebook feed, heating and rehea...

I don't know how it happened, but all of a sudden I have a little boy who crawls, can sit on his own, has cut a tooth, and pull himsel...

 Tomorrow marks one month back from parental leave. Michael is a thriving, healthy, active, delightful four month old (how did that  happe...

The day Michael was born! Michael turns one month old tomorrow. I can hardly believe that only four weeks ago, I was feeling the first s...

Labor Day weekend has come and gone. It's as if the whole island has exhaled as the energy of summer starts to disappate with friends le...

We are living on an island. To say that it has been an adjustment would be a bit of an understatement....the least of these being the ne...

"It's the first adult vacation we've ever taken together!" It dawned on me a few times after we had said it that this ...

We closed yesterday. It's a bit surreal and it hasn't quite hit me, even with the large check in hand and fewer keys on the keycha...

It's hard to believe that our time in Haverhill is coming to a close. When we move at the end of May, we will have lived in this city ...

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I wouldn't say that I'm a hoarder (probably most hoarders wouldn't say that they are hoarders either). Really, I'm not --you...

Since The Vine's ministry ended in October, some of you have wondered what we've been up to. The same week we held our final worsh...

Ben's been writing a lot about his story and experience of The Vine over at godlovesthiscity.wordpress.com . I'm sure many of you th...

If I'm honest with myself, I've been interested in photography for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid, all four of us had ...

"Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But ...

I've been "back" from sabbatical for over a week now. Re-entry has been difficult and more than a bit draining! I've been ...

For the past three and a half weeks, Ben and I have been on sabbatical leave. Much like missionaries who have been out in the field for aw...