Spilled Milk Blog

  • Daily quarantine thought: Do I plan a meaningful tenebrae service from scratch for my family…or just watch Trolls 2 instead?

    Daily quarantine thought: Do I plan a meaningful tenebrae service from scratch for my family…or just watch Trolls 2 instead?

    It’s such a weird Easter season this year. I’m trying to find a way to celebrate these holy days with reverence and importance right now, but honestly . . . my family just wants to watch Trolls 2 on TV together tonight. So the question becomes: do I fight it? Or do I give in? Because, I’m… Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: Maundy Thursday

    Daily quarantine thought: Maundy Thursday

    Anyone else having a tough time orienting to Holy Week? Or to time itself? I admit I’d mostly forgotten about Maundy Thursday until I saw Kate Bowler’s reflection on Instagram. If you don’t know Kate Bowler, she’s a Duke professor of theology who’s lived through the uncertainty of a terminal cancer diagnosis, an experience which… Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: Why you don’t have to reframe the narrative

    Daily quarantine thought: Why you don’t have to reframe the narrative

    I listen to a lot of female-hosted self-care podcasts, and LAWL, do those women love to reframe a narrative. It’s a therapy-adjacent phrase that reminds us to change our perspective on a problem to view it in a more positive light. And I find it helpful most of the time. For instance, I’ve been trying… Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: The “particularly intolerable” of today

    Daily quarantine thought: The “particularly intolerable” of today

    As someone who’s been thoroughly churched her whole life, I have a pretty robust philosophy on hardship and how it should be born. And when it stays in the theoretical realm, hardship always seems saintly. Martyr-ish. Noble. But when a particular problem arises, it feels a lot less beatific. I wasn’t expecting this particular puddle… Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: For moms missing their work during the quarantine

    Daily quarantine thought: For moms missing their work during the quarantine

    This morning I set out to write something inspiring for parents stuck at home during the quarantine. I’m positive that it would have been very profound and beautiful, too, if the ABC Mouse app my son was using hadn’t abruptly stopped working as soon as I opened my laptop. Then my daughter, who only seconds… Read more

  • Reading the Bible in a year with kids: April reading plan

    Reading the Bible in a year with kids: April reading plan

    Hi, friends. What a month, right? We have never lived through a time like this, and it’s kind of rocking our world. How about you? When the coronavirus quarantine first began (for us, 4 weeks ago when my youngest’s special needs preschool program closed), we were meeting it with great enthusiasm. It was cold outside,… Read more