Amelia Furman

Loveland' Civic Center Buildings which includes the City Hall. Several months ago, I was presented with the opportunity to create a mural for the lower level of Loveland’s City Hall. As I spent time in the building and listened to the ideas of public arts manager Suzanne Janssen, I found myself reflecting on the many interactions I’ve had with city employees over the years. Again and again, I noticed the same thing—a quiet, steady kind of care. The kind that reminded me of tending a garden....

This is the final post in my Coming Home  series. I hope it has been meaningful to take a deeper look at the different narratives woven through this collection. I have never really considered myself a very judgmental person. I tend to look for the good in people and give them the benefit of the doubt. In many ways, I thought I was doing pretty well in this area until I began to sit more closely with what Jesus has to say in the Sermon on the Mount about judgment and its many forms. So, what...

Very closely tied to my tendency toward performance is my tendency to hide. As a kid, I was very good at it. I could find the smallest, most uncomfortable spaces and stay completely still for as long as it took to win a round of hide and seek. I didn’t realize how much of that followed me into adulthood. These days, I don’t hide in cabinets. I hide behind clever jokes, full calendars, task lists, and the all-too-popular, “I’m fine.” Maybe you can relate. Who exactly am I hiding from? –...