Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
Submission is not something we in America do well. I can’t speak for those in other countries, because I don’t have enough experience in and of your cultures. But individual rights and privileges—something I believe in and support—can lead us to think only of ourselves and what we deserve and have rights to. Individualistic thinking—what’s… Read More
I’m judgmental. Oh, I don’t call it that. I name it anything else, from discernment, to people skills, or even self-protection. But the truth is that I categorize people and events and put them in the pigeon holes I believe they belong in. Categorizing is a valuable skill, one that is necessary for communication, for understanding, even for… Read More
Holidays bring memories. My mother-in-law loved the Christmas season. Decorations, special meals, kolaches, and presents. No one enjoyed giving presents as much as she did. And we shared a birthday—what fun that had. I still miss her most on our birthday. This is a poem I wrote for her and shared it with her friends at… Read More
In his book, The Saving Life of Christ, Ian Thomas paints a delightful metaphor. Christians are representatives of God—just like hands fitting into gloves. It is his hands that are inside the gloves—which represent us. People see the gloves, how they move, and how they feel. They experience the gloves squeeze theirs in handshakes and appreciate… Read More
A third of 25-35 year-olds back home living with parents? What a paradigm shift. I was listening to “On Point” this morning to a discussion of “Why a Third of Millennials Live at Home.” As the parent of a 32-year-old son living in an apartment in our walk-out basement, I found this an interesting topic. In many… Read More
I love playing games, I always have, and one of the people I loved to play games with was Lucy Klein Evenhouse, my mother-in-law or as I like to say mother-in-love. She died in 2011, but I still miss her. As I play games with my grandchildren, I think of her and smile. Let me tell you about… Read More
THE INTERRUPTION You’re on a roll checking items off your to-do list. You hit the writer’s sweet spot—the words are pouring out of your mind through your fingers on the keyboard. Dastardly Dan has tied Sweet Nell to the train tracks, and Dudley Do Right is trying desperately to beat the oncoming train to rescue… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 