Merrick Siebenaler

Merrick Siebenaler

Sustaining Each Other

For the past two weeks, I've been receiving training from our database solution by Blackbaud in preparation for a major upgrade next month. My seven-year-old son finds it amusing that I&

A Good and Sweet New Year

Our son has returned to school—and as school parents already know, one thing is missing: the ‘return’ part. Surprisingly, Leland is quite content in the corner of his room that we’ve

Our Response is Love

On Sept. 11, my phone rang before the sun had risen. "Are you watching tv?" a voice asked. I thought to myself, why would I be watching television? I had gone

Every Face Seen. Every Voice Heard.

It’s challenging to go about our daily lives when confronted with a new fear at every headline in the minute-by-minute news cycle— knowing what to do or what not to do can

An Algorithm of Faith

I’ve never experienced a more powerful symbol of Lent than on social media this week. The algorithms used to populate our feeds are as mysterious, which leaves so much room for the