by Mary Carver | Sep 16, 2020 | Faith Life
When I saw Hamilton on stage two years ago, I was surprised by how much of the production surprised me. After all, I’d listened to the soundtrack dozens of times—not to mention the deep dive podcast episodes and think pieces I’d taken in over the preceding...
by Mary Carver | Aug 4, 2020 | Faith Life, Finding Truth in Unexpected Places, Truth in TV Shows
For weeks my oldest daughter asked me to find out where she could watch Full House. She’d seen the reboot series (Fuller House) at my parents’ house and was itching to watch the original show. I remembered it fondly from my childhood and figured it would be a fun...
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...
