Celebrating “We Love Your Invitations”

A new book in the world! We Love Your Invitations is available as an electronic book or softcover. Which format do you prefer? Join with us in celebrating our recently published a book We Love Your Invitations: A Psalm 119 Paraphrase!Jennifer wrote twenty-two...

Mistakes, shame and recovering

It was a warm day several years ago when I set the car keys on the side steps of our house. Then, without engaging my brain, I tucked them into a basket in the top of the closet. A few days later, when my Dad arrived back from his business travel, his keys were no...

Practices of Repair — Trust in the slow work (Part 5)

In the midst of knitting a sweater there are lots of opportunities to notice the mistakes I’ve made and to reflect on Practices of Repair. I was a good ten centimeters past this mistake on a cardigan sleeve when I finally noticed it. A mistake in the pattern I’d...

Practices of Repair — Dialogue and Curiosity (Part 4)

Mistakes are a part of engaging with life. I’ve been knitting a cardigan for Reade. Knitting is one of the tangible things that I like to do with my hands. I like the feel of the yarn between my fingers, the way that the process has visible results in a relatively...

Practices of Repair — Regular Reflection (Part 3)

In the midst of knitting a sweater there are lots of opportunities to notice the mistakes I’ve made and to reflect on Practices of Repair. I was a good ten centimeters past this mistake on a cardigan sleeve when I finally noticed it. I’m not a super fast knitter and...