The Princess Tree
There's a weird tree growing outside of Riedlingen, so I wrote a poem about it. Chris and Emily told me I wouldn't embarrass myself if I posted it on the…
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July 19, 2020
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Nick’s Failure
I love the movie Meet the Robinsons for a lot of reasons, but this scene where Lewis fails and the whole family is cheering for him is such a great…
July 12, 2020
Who Tells Your Story
One of my former students is here for the summer and working as my personal assistant - for those of you who laughed, jokes on you when she starts writing…
July 5, 2020
Love and Dust
I spent a lot of time staring at the stars in the night sky several nights this week, and I felt a lot of feelings - which most people know…
June 27, 2020
Walk Humbly
Graduation was last week, and Wednesday was the teacher wrap up day for the 2019-2020 school year. Wednesday was also a meeting and planning day for my upcoming role as…
June 21, 2020
Playlist 2020
Year six of my nod to Myspace fads of days gone by. Complementary links to the previous five: Playlist 2019, Playlist 2018, Playlist 2017, Playlist 2016, Playlist 2015. For those…
June 14, 2020
The Beginning of Wisdom
When I was in college, I had a roommate who felt everything very deeply, and sometimes it seemed as though she'd cast me as a supporting role in the drama…
June 7, 2020
Bad Christian
"Ms. Hewett, I think of you as a bad Christian." "Go on, why is that?" "Because you're a good person. And you don't do what the Bible says." "Really? What…
May 31, 2020
Can I Get a Witness?
I had a whole different post in mind yesterday after some really good conversations with students this week, but then this morning I had the privilege of reading the ascension…
May 24, 2020
Burden or Blessing
Today's post comes to you in disjointed stories as I stitch together the lessons I'm learning and the lies I'm rooting out of my life. Please bear with me in…
May 17, 2020
Best Case Scenario
Praise the Lord, I have documentation from my insurance advocate that they will cover reimbursement and ongoing payments for my catheters under this current plan. That’s a temporary solution (I’m…
May 10, 2020
Real Talk
It's overcast and rainy here in Kandern; it has been for several days. The forecast predicts more weather like this and a thunderstorm soon. I wrote a youth group talk…
May 2, 2020
Inspire Me
Last night as I was trying to fall asleep, I had a great idea for a blog post. Then I, by the grace of God, managed to fall asleep and…
April 26, 2020
Under the Surface
I cut my hair off on Monday. Like, a lot of it. I chopped nearly a foot off in a braid, and my housemate took clippers to the rest. After…
April 19, 2020
Something New
Shannon and I were talking this week about how I've had access to Disney + for weeks now but have yet to watch High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.…
April 12, 2020
I’ll Pray for You, You for Me
If you go through my archive, you'll find more than one reference to the Superchic[k] song "Alright." It showed up in one of my annual playlists as well (because every…
April 5, 2020
Don’t Press K
Years ago several of my students were struggling with feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. They found solace making a joke about suicide based on a video game they all played.…
March 29, 2020
Bear the Name
Listening to this podcast is a better use of your time than my blog; come back here for commentary on this episode: https://bibleproject.com/podcast/taking-gods-name-vain/ I listen to a lot of podcasts…
March 22, 2020
Empathy for Dracula
Dr. Schaak used to always tell our literature classes at Multnomah, "The goal of literature is empathy." I told my students that in our last gathering all together on Friday…
March 15, 2020
From and To
My TA was getting some addresses for me this week and writing them on envelopes I hoped to have sent out months ago. Yesterday, I also spent a good amount…
March 8, 2020
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