Years ago I had a misadventure with a crown on my tooth. You never want to hear a dentist say, “Oops,” when he has the knuckles of both hands inside your mouth. I originally attributed my respect for the dentist who finally fixed my tooth to his professional courtesy. (He’s still my dentist.) I often Read More
Posts by Hilarey
We need to talk
Last year, a couple whom I love dearly asked to sit with me and speak about how my stance on certain topics has affected them. Preparation for that meeting was stressful and chaotic. I’m not sure I presented my best self during the discussion, but it has been worth it. Intimacy cannot survive without painful Read More
Subjectively Speaking
I have a memory of standing next to my grandmother in church and hearing her sing. She didn’t have an especially pleasant voice, but I found comfort in the sound. (To this day, I am more apt to sing out loud in corporate worship if someone nearby is singing imperfect and loud.) There are several Read More
Contemplating Love
I feel free to write again, prompted even. For about a year, all my writing has been ghostwriting, not personal. It has been very good though, and opened something back up. Here are some thoughts swirling in my head right now: In The God Shaped Brain, Timothy R. Jennings writes about research from Dr. Newberg, Read More
And they’ll know we are Christians by…
I wrote and erased a half-dozen intros today. It’s hard to tolerate all the noise lately. But this is what’s on my heart, and it’s for believers only. There was a song we sang more than 20 years ago in church. Now, I hear it in my head every time I see people holding signs Read More