A Time for Everything
- August 12, 2015
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
a time to...
So you think boys can dance?
- June 02, 2015
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
Saturday my 5-year-old daughter celebrated a friend’s birthday at a cooking party. While waiting for the chicken fingers to bake, all of the boys...
Books as Tonic
- May 19, 2015
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
How do you care for yourself? How do you cope with the messiness, stress, or busyness of life? Do you have regular habits that...
Baltimore and the Pink Chair
- May 15, 2015
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
When riots broke out in Baltimore, I didn’t know. I wasn’t on my computer that day.
I spent the day picking out paint for my...
Single on Sundays – Five Lessons Learned
- April 21, 2015
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
I am a single mom on Sundays. My kids are 5 and 6, and my husband is a pastor. I love the church. But...
Father, forgive him
- April 08, 2015
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
I’ve been angry recently. I’m in the middle of some circumstances that feel unjust. And it’s easy to blame one person whose individual decisions...
“Rejoice with those who rejoice”—on Facebook
- March 27, 2015
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
Facebook is not always good for one’s mental health. Maybe you’re the type that posts provocative political posts and then engages in “friendly banter”...
#TheDress and Putting People in Boxes
- March 10, 2015
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
By now, you’ve likely seen #thedress whether or not you ever cared about its true colors.
One night recently I came home from speaking at...
Doing the One Necessary Thing
- February 24, 2015
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
Lent began last Wednesday. Did you give something up? I am giving up being busy by saying “no” to anything new during Lent. My...
Is there an essential oil for that?
- February 09, 2015
- by
- Anna Moseley Gissing
At 5:15am, I received the dreaded phone call: Another snow day. My kids have been out of school for the last five Mondays. And...