Your confirmation day is supposed to be exciting. It’s important, it’s a big deal, it’s formative. It’s also the day that my pastor slapped me. On the face. In front of the whole congregation. Yeah. You heard me. My confirmation pastor was the best. He taught us from the Book of Concord, read to us in Latin and tried to teach us German, made us … Continue reading the slap heard ‘round the world

When I was applying to college, admission counselors kept asking me what I wanted to be when I grew up. “A wife,” I’d say.  “And a mom.” “No,” they’d inevitably respond. “I mean, what do you want to BE?” My parents raised my sisters and me with the understanding that being a godly wife and mom are the most rewarding vocations a woman can have, … Continue reading glass ceilings