Last week, a friend posted a question on Facebook: how do working women deal with people in the workplace who call them sweetie rather than using their given name? (Or honey, or girl, or . . .…

My word of the year for 2021 is Open, and when I made that choice I really had no idea how many ways it was going to impact my life. I thought about being…

In preparation for my annual “Word of the Year” post, I went back and looked through previous posts on this topic. I found it really interesting to see how my attention has shifted over…

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know this is the time of year when I start looking forward. I’m not a big believer in new year’s resolutions—as far as I…

Like most universities in the United States, the one where I’m a professor shut down classes in mid-March of this year. Initially, the plan was to extend Spring Break for one additional week; after…

When you read the title of this post, your first thought might have been I never argue–what a waste of time. Many of us (especially women) are taught to conflict-avoidant. Argument feels like the opposite…

This morning, on my usual walk through my neighborhood, I listened to an episode of Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber’s podcast, The Confessional. (I’ve mentioned this podcast before, and I really do recommend it. Every episode…