Nov 19, 2019 | Faith, Suffering
It’s been my (often painful) experience that too-few people of faith engage in transparent conversations around faith and suffering. Our Christian Living Bookshelves don’t often have much to offer in the way of helping the truth-seeker who is desperate to...
Oct 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
He approached me at my book table after a speaking engagement. A young guy, maybe mid-thirties, clean-cut and professional. He stood in line behind a half-dozen others. When he made it to the front, I threw out my hand and smiled. “Hi, there. I’m Michele. Nice...
Oct 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
It was the fact that he wasn’t wearing shirt or shoes that first caught my attention, not the fact that he held something in his arms. After all, it’s not often you see a man walking the neighborhood barely dressed. Moments before I’d left the...
Sep 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
My heart sank like a rock when I read the news. Another suicide. Another young life lost to despair. There was a time, not all that long ago, when I responded stories of suicide with a distant, judging indifference. How could someone do that? How could someone...