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(Re)Discovering Silence

As I shared earlier this month, I’ve decided to give up prayer for Lent. Maybe not all prayer, but lengthy prayers in my personal time with God because I realize how mindless, unspecific, and inattentive I’ve become in my prayer life. That’s why I’m giving up...

When Prayer Is Reduced to One Word

As I shared earlier this month,  I’ve decided to give up prayer for Lent. Okay, maybe not all prayer, but lengthy prayers in my personal time with God because I realize how mindless, increasingly unspecific, and unattentive in my prayer life. That’s why I’m giving up...

An Open Letter To Charlie Sheen (As Published at CNN.com)

Dear Charlie, As one of your 3 million Twitter followers, I’ve given you the ability to speak into my life in 140 characters or less, so I figure the least I can do is return the favor (with a few extra characters). You’ve been on quite a ride: setting a new...

Welcome to Slush Pile Hell…No, Really That’s The Name

Everyone in publishing knows about the infamous slush pile–the mountainous pile of queries, proposals, and interest letters that flood the inbox (both postal and emails) each day. When I was an intern at a magazine more than a decade ago, I knew the editor who...

Lesson Two from Why I Gave Up Prayer for Lent

As I shared earlier this month,  I’ve decided to give up prayer for Lent. Okay, maybe not all prayer, but lengthy prayers in my personal time with God because I realize how mindless, increasingly unspecific, and inattentive in my prayer life. That’s why I’m giving up...