pursuing a life of purpose
Caravaggio, my favorite painter of all time, painting David and Goliath —- I think everyone knows this story – there’s this big mean giant that keeps taunting everyone, and the Israelites are afraid of him, but young handsome David rolls his eyes like “seriously ya’ll – he’s only like six feet tall, so quit shivering […]
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The other day I stood on aching feet in my kitchen whipping together toasted walnuts and cream cheese, sautéing apples with cinnamon and butter, and lovingly tucking it all with thick slices of munster cheese in the middle of fresh raisin bread to make the most awesome grilled cheese sandwiches ever made by a […]
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Today is a new beginning for me. For those who have also had to start new journeys, I’ll offer this poem from Veronica Shoffstall that speaks for me so well. I am confident that God does not half-way restore, but restores completely. We don’t lose in life and are left clutching consolation prizes. Sometimes when […]
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It’s been a long year. A year I didn’t expect. Emotions I certainly never thought I’d face. I know I’m not alone in the pain of Things Coming Out of Nowhere, like a beast in the night. Whether it’s cancer or the death of a mother or divorce or the loss of a child: you […]
[Continue reading...](1) Hey Mr. Timberlake? Can you bake and fix leaky faucets and design rockets to be sent to the moon? Because you can do pretty much everything else. I, along with all other women on Earth (and some on Saturn), love you. (2) Taylor, honey. You’re getting prettier by the […]
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Sometimes life feels like a root beer float. You just don’t know which direction to turn and whether to eat the ice cream first or suck out the soda and if you dawdle too long you’re left with a half-flat syrupy melted mess of calories that makes you want to throw up. Nobody likes wishy-washy. […]
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I work with doctors, so I’m familiar with the concept of standing orders. If certain conditions are met, doctors have a pre-authorized order to give a certain medication or initiate a treatment so that nurses or mid-levels don’t always have to run to a physician for permission every single time. In my house, we also […]
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Our church has a sister church in Africa, and my pastor was asking the pastor there what he thought after his recent visit to America. Oh it’s glorious, he said. Americans are full of excess and riches, but there was this one tiny thing. . . We lack a theology of suffering. It’s not […]
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I can sit for hours and watch movie trailers. That’s more fun to me than actually watching movies. I realize that’s weird. Speaking of movies, I went to see World War Z by myself the other day and was wedged in between two sets of lovers. That cheered me up immensely. Thank heavens […]
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The sea, he is alluring. The first time I saw him I was drunk in his spell and I longed to jump into the waters deep. Passions rolled high and broke down fast and they crashed with a foaming mouth like a thoroughbred racing. I was drawn to the mystery of the water, with pools […]
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Hello! My name is Amanda Hill and I'm a writer and lawyer in Austin, Texas. Take your time to look around, and welcome!
