by Mary Carver | Feb 11, 2020 | Faith Life
I’m sitting at my dining room table, country music playing just a smidge too loudly behind me as my daughters have a dance party on what feels like the seventy-third snow day this month. I reach for my Bible, running my hand down the whisper-thin pages, and close my...
by Mary Carver | Dec 9, 2019 | Faith Life
If I’d never worked in advertising (or fundraising or publishing), I might think it was a little unrealistic. All the promotions and projects on the line at the holidays in our favorite Hallmark and Lifetime movies seem like a made-up plot device, don’t they? Who...
by Mary Carver | Sep 19, 2019 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
When I hear the word “control,” I immediately begin mixing my pop culture metaphors as my brain simultaneously sings Janet Jackson lyrics and does a [poor] Gollum impression, whispering, “My precious,” to the idea of control. Ah, to have everything in my world...
by Mary Carver | Aug 21, 2019 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
On Saturday night I went to bed at a decent time, with plans to get up on time the next morning. That might sound like common sense, but it’s not always — or even often — what I do. Most Sunday mornings start off late and get more stressful every...
by Mary Carver | Aug 14, 2019 | Faith Life, Finding Truth in Unexpected Places
If there’s one question that will start a firestorm of opinion and emotion, it is… What’s the worst TV show finale you’ve ever seen? One of my good friends will take every opportunity to express her great disgust for the ending of White Collar....
by Mary Carver | Jul 3, 2019 | Faith Life
The Channel Tunnel — or the “Chunnel” as it’s often called — is an underwater tunnel more than 31 miles long linking France and Great Britain. Though the idea for this tunnel was introduced in the early 1800s, construction of the actual project didn’t take place until...
