For the last month or so, my husband Will and I have spent some time doing what everyone who has lost a close loved one can relate to—cleaning out my Father-in-Law Norm’s house. Norm was a relatively modest man; except for his collection of illustrator artwork and specimens/lab equipment on
“New year, new you.” This phrase is pretty much everywhere when a new year rolls around. The beginning of a new year seems like a natural time to start fresh and make some beneficial changes in our lives. Yet 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail. We assume that it being
When I was growing up, I hated putting things back where they belonged. It was a task that I didn’t enjoy, especially when it involved getting rid of something that I wasn’t ready to part with. So I did what a lot of kids do– I shoved stuff into closet
At some point last year. I became aware of a phenomenon called Swedish Death Cleaning. In short, it’s a Scandinavian decluttering practice in which you pare down your material possessions– so that when you die, your loved ones have less stuff to deal with. Sound morbid? Possibly. Is it a
One of the questions I get asked a lot is some version of “How does your husband feel about this Christian minimalism thing??” Well, I recently got to sit down with my husband Will to talk about his experience with Christian minimalism– and what it’s like being married to a
Recently, I moved work spaces. I’ve already written about minimalism and moving (our living space) in previous blog posts, but I realized that I never wrote about how moving my work space helped me to minimize and focus my work. Moving to a different work space and unpacking everything forced
“[Jesus said:] Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” (Luke 12:15) There’s nothing like having all of your earthly possessions loaded onto a truck to realize just how much you own. For the last 6
And [Jesus] said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions. (Luke 12:15) The beginning of this weekend was marked by beautiful weather– which only partly made up for the intense winter we’ve had
Well everyone, it has been a week. We had our Preaching with Power annual week-long event at the seminary, which I’ve decided is basically Holy Week for seminary Admissions staff. And some big things went down at the seminary, which I won’t get into here. So just work alone was