by Kelli Woodford | Jun 17, 2013 | authentic christianity, READ
It’s not for the faint of heart, this parenting business. Lately, he’s gone more than he’s home and I’m feeling a lot like that sludge circling the bottom of the sink after the dishwater has been drained. Down, down, swirling bubbles and gone,...
by Kelli Woodford | May 20, 2013 | i am bibledude
My front porch is a healthy slice of heaven. Oh, it’s not perfect by a long shot. The paint is chipping, the swing has been permanently tattooed by someone I have never met, and the renegade dandelions sprout up audaciously between framing hostas. But these...
by Kelli Woodford | Apr 15, 2013 | authentic christianity, READ
[serialposts]I’ve been a writer all my life. Now, I haven’t always written, but I’ve always thought in story. Just ask my friends. Especially in the early stages of our friendship, the time when you share your back story and I share mine. And share...
by Kelli Woodford | Mar 18, 2013 | authentic christianity, READ
It’s Sunday morning and we do not find ourselves filling a pew. Instead, I am home alone with the mighty seven. For once, not locking myself in the bathroom to find a moment of peace and quiet, but internally hushed with open eyes in the trenches. And finding...
by Kelli Woodford | Feb 18, 2013 | life of worship
They found the lump in August. By September she was bald. The wall of her chest, I mean. Cut clean from the cancer, but also dismembered from her femininity. And the healing was long and slow. Most of the scars, they still ache, when she thinks of it all. Thinking...
