Author: lauraalary

Sometimes when I am asked to write short posts about my books, I feel like I am repeating myself. But when Traci Smith sent me some questions to consider for a guest post on her blog, I knew that our conversation was going to head into some interesting territory. Read the interview here and while you're at… Continue reading Make Room, Atonement Theologies, and Other Matters: A Conversation with Traci Smith

Lent begins on February 14th this year. So which will it be? Chocolate or ashes? My thoughts on this question--and on the deep significance of this season--are in the latest issue of Glad Tidings magazine. Read the article here.

My newest blog post for The Hub explores the gifts of darkness, something worth pondering as we approach the Advent Season and prepare to celebrate the coming of the Light. Read it here.

"This book honors a child's ability to be a young theologian..." Sybil MacBeth's books--especially Praying in Color--have shaped and nourished my practice of prayer for many years. So I am particularly grateful to her for including Look! A Child's Guide to Advent and Christmas on her latest blog post. Read it here.

For me, writing is always easier than speaking. When I write I have a chance to think slowly, choose my words carefully, and go back and change them (many times) if necessary. Not so with speaking. So when Matt Brough invited me to be a guest on his podcast, Spirituality for Normal People, I was… Continue reading On Spirituality, Kids, and the Church Year: Podcast Interview with Matt Brough

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"True gratitude is not a discipline you can impose on yourself. It is a joyful and heart-felt response to grace—and it is often through the most minute openings that grace reaches us." Just in time for Thanksgiving (in Canada, anyway), my newest blog post has just been published on The Hub. Read it here. SaveSave