Jana MacDonald

Observer | Writer | Teacher

I’m a wonderer and a wanderer, and I write to make sense of the world around me. Maybe we can figure it out together.

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

-Ernest Hemingway

It hit me this week that it’s been over three years since I’ve regularly attended my local church, something that was such a huge …

This is a follow-up to last month’s essay entitled, “An Open Letter to the Curious Christian: A call for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church.” …

Nothing haunts us like the things we don’t say. -Mitch Albom I confess it’s taken me too long to write these words. So first, …

In her memoir, Leaving Church, Barbara Brown Taylor writes about a time when she was asked to speak on a topic called, “What is …