by jo | Jul 21, 2015 | Memoir & Essays
I’m not dating anyone right now. But I can guarantee you one thing: if I were, about 50% or more of the people in my life, upon me saying I was dating someone, would ask two questions: What’s his name? Does he love Jesus?/Is he following the Lord?/ Is he a christian?...
by jo | Jun 30, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Jesus Time
This is not an opinion on the passing of the marriage equality law. This is not an opinion on homosexuality. This is an opinion about people who call themselves christians. And the heavy weight that entails. In my blog post a few weeks back, I wrote, “even with...
by jo | Mar 31, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
He must’ve been about 6 years old. His head full of blondish brown curls. He was tall, lanky, apparently even the “slim fit” pants would fall down because of his narrow width. I was a toddler, about three years old, with baby-fat chubby cheeks, big blue eyes, and...
by jo | Mar 3, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Memoir & Essays
Eleven years. It’s been 11 years since she died. My older sister. Julie. Two years ago on my birthday, I wrote a column about celebrating even when it’s hard, and I talked about when my sister died, and the birthdays that followed. In the piece, there was this line:...
by jo | Jan 7, 2015 | Everyday Stories, Myths & Cliches
“We need to talk,” she said to me in a serious yet conspiring tone. We walked with rushing feet to our personal conference room — the Children’s Church room at the back of the church where we’d hang out before church. We were two rambunctious 8-year-old girls who got...