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“Jesus said…. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” John 20:17  Women were the first witnesses at the resurrection and right away this tells us something about Jesus. He doesn’t look at people how man does. The culture would’ve looked over… Read more

According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are sent each year.  The history of this day is long and its various versions disputed, but what we know for sure is this year we need one another more than ever. Beyond our global health crisis, there is a tremendous growing sense… Read more

No matter how I feel about 2020, January 1st is a new page and a fresh start.  I love the chance to look ahead and lean towards “all the days ordained for me (were) written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Ps. 139:16) It can be intimidating to look at a… Read more

In this different kind of year, we’re all working hard to stay connected to each other, the Back2Back family, and the Lord. We’re grateful for the trauma training we’ve had over the years and the truth that connection and presence brings healing.  There’s plenty of healing needed, so this holiday, as we make travel plans and… Read more

Presence Matters.  It was my Mom who first taught this to me, she said and modeled it (and still does) throughout my life. I inscribed one of my books to her with that phrase, and believe it to be never more relevant than during 2020.  As children throughout the world looked to the adults in their… Read more

Usually this time of year, I am peppering my kids with questions, asking them if their backpacks are still good from last year? Do they need new shoes? When are they going back to their college campuses? What is their new schedule?  This year just feels different.  2020 has given us many gifts, but principally it… Read more

I had been planning this letter for a while for the kids under my roof, but as I sit here in the middle of COVID-19, the situation has certainly changed. I am thinking about the graduates I love in Cincinnati, Nigeria, Mexico, and around the world. There won’t be teary-eyed pictures, taken after a long… Read more