Reporter, Writer, Storyteller

This is where I live now.

Welp, I ended up back where I started. Away from ...

March to May, Part 3: Grief Cake

I. Last April I was swatting at a mosquito, and ...

Who Gets to be Happy?

As I was sitting at the award ceremony for our ...

March to May, Pt 2 – Hostile Waters

I. In part one we learned about my desire to ...

March to May, Pt 1

Places and Patterns Here I was again, wanting to run ...

In Order to Stay In, I have to Go Out

When Asa was a baby, he was a crier. He ...

Where Justice, Religion, and Education Collide

I’ve been writing about education policy for coming up on ...
bekah in parts

Which Purity Culture Character Are You?

I love catching up with friends from college. But every ...

Performance Reviews My Children Give Me

One of the most frustrating parts of being a kid ...

Is Church Worth Crying Over?

A lot of churches are struggling right now. In addition ...

Yummy vs Yucky is not the same as Good vs Bad

As I’ve talked to other parents going through various kinds ...

Affirming is an Action Word

As my faith shifted and changed, I found myself in ...

Your Kids are Privilege Shelters

When you have kids, you want to give them the ...

Go to hell…jk, please don’t…jk, there’s no hell…jk jk jk patriarchy, ugh.

In the faith system I came from, not wanting sinners ...