Melissa Jackson

A spur is not for comfort

For close to one year my alarm goes off at 5:15am on Tuesday mornings. A small group of neighbors on my street gather over zoom for...

Melissa Jackson

I am not fun, but I can choose joy.

I do not exude fun. I would not use fun or funny in a list of adjectives about me. In fact, most of the time I feel like a joy suck in...

Daly Schmidt

Just. Hold. On.

“Keep on keeping on!” (as my Mother used to say.) Endurance is hard. Holding up under pressure, stress, pain, injustice, and even slight...

Melissa Jackson

Not Easily Angered

As a younger mom of two little girls, I sat in a women's bible study in the south and clearly remember exposing that I struggled with...

Daly Schmidt

Not Selfish = Other-Centered

I’ve been struggling with this one, and for a while I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. Then, my brother said, “I think it’s easiest...

Melissa Jackson

The price is cheap, but the cost is high

Pride has been my nemesis the last few years. It is one of those things that once exposed, is impossible to hide. It is a choice to...

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