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…But Now My Eyes Have Seen You
In the days immediately preceding Elijah’s birth, I was convinced I’d been abandoned by God. After all, I spent my days dedicating my full passion and much ferocity to praying that Eli would come on...
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Your Little Heart (new song)
I wrote this song for Elijah while he was still baking. I even mentioned it here. Tonight, I got to sing him to sleep with it. It looked like this: And it sounded like this: Oh, my Elijah, your...
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Ghost Hunting
Cameras are amazing. They capture images our minds might otherwise fail to properly retain. In the hands of a particularly gifted eye, what we see can become even more powerful and moving once the real...
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In response to a response to… (On Men, Women, Romance, and Stories)
I wrote this in response to Rachel Held Eveans’ response to Donald Miller’s blogs about Great Love Stories (for men and woman). I figured I’d post it here as well. Why not? Tangents and rabbit trails...
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Celebrity vs. Things That Actually Matter
God always speaks most clearly when I least expect it. Usually when I’m wallowing. Take tonight, for example. I was browsing Jeremy Cowart’s unbelievable photography, clicking through gallery after...
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The Thing About House Shows Is…
…they’re not just about giving private concerts to a select group of uber-special people (though they are that, too). They’re about fellowship. Storytelling. They are, to me (as an artist), the...
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…But You Will Be Safe In My Arms…
I very nearly bawled my little green eyes out this morning all over the clothes I was folding. Why? As ever: because of a song. I was listening to Plumb’s “In My Arms” (which is FREE at Noisetrade...
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Grace, and Grace, and Grace
Maybe it’s inherent to motherhood. Maybe it’s inherent to beginning my thirtieth year, or my fourth decade of life. But never have I experienced so much grace, and never have I needed it more. When I’m...
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six months
sometimes there is no bright side no silver lining sometimes the grass is really greener because there it is and here it is not sometimes no words of comfort comfort no healing balm soothes and all you...
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When You Win the Wrong Lottery
It’s been an eventful week for my friends…and a bit of a rough one for me. It was precipitated by the happy fact that a few weeks ago, Elijah started sleeping through the night, thereby ending our...
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Top Ten of TwentyEleven
Because it’s what I do every year (or at very least, think about doing), I offer you this year’s Top Ten of 2011 year in review. It’s fun, right? So here you go. 10. We moved to Minnesota! It’s a bit...
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Conceiving the Inconceivable
“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can...
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Waiting for “Even More”
Because our pastor was meant to be filming a movie (in which he plays a hairy hobo, no less) in snowy Montreal over the weekend, our new church in Minneapolis featured a guest speaker on Sunday, Steve...
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Kony, Russell, and the Ever Invisible.
I’ll be honest: Today’s news about Invisible Children’s Jason Russell being arrested and then detained for psychological evaluation felt like a sucker punch. I love Invisible Children’s premise – that...
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Trading Futures
Tomorrow we celebrate one whole year with my sweet Elijah David. I can hardly believe it. This past year has simultaneously flown by and granted me hundreds and hundreds of honey moments that drip and...
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Going on Strike!
I think it’s time I strike. That is, take a hiatus. I should specify: An online social networking hiatus. About this time last year – okay, to be a little more precise, it was about one year and one...
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Oscillations
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus,...
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Light and Shadows
Sunday, July 15 2012: Teaching from Colossians 2:15-17, our pastor spoke on what he calls “God’s shadow activity.” For over 25 years, as a professor and expert in theology, he has tried to make sense...
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Help! I Need Somebody!
Ugh. I am woefully aware this morning that I have recently been, uh, negligent as regards daily quiet time to breathe in Scripture and live it out. Not that I’ve been totally dismissive of spiritual...
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The Blog Has Moved!
Hellooooo Readers! You may or may not have already noticed, but thanks to the technical genius of my friends at Mixtus Media, my blog has officially migrated to my personal website – AmyCourts.com – in...
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