“Another snow day and I’m desperate to get out of the house!” “The kids are sick AGAIN. Can’t catch a break.” “Why do I bother getting the mail? It’s always another bill.” “Starbucks took away another sugar free drink…I’m pretty sure they hate me!” I’m …
You know how youtube makes you watch those ads? Of course you know. I usually have my finger poised to click the “skip” button like a trigger-happy Annie Oakley. But this Kate Spade ad made me stop. Each of the women in this video were …
I do have a good reason for not posting recently (I’ll be explaining that shortly) but hopefully I can make it up to you with an absolutely amazing post by my good friend, Carlee MacDonald. I met Carlee when I was 16 and she has …
Today I met someone who oozed passion to write and had ideas for books nearly tumbling out of her. Like so many other fresh bloggers, she was nervous to hit that publish button on her blog for a variety of reasons. I left that conversation …
I recently read someone’s belief that if God did nothing other than save us from hell, we’d have nothing to complain about. The argument is that even if our lives were left an absolute mess, how could we complain to the Jesus who created us …
Dear men in the church, Some of you may be aware that there’s a teensy little debate over the role of women in the church. Should women be elders? Should they be allowed to teach? Can they be involved in leadership? To what extent? And …
Four+ days in a cabin with 10 adults and 7 children has taught me many things: don’t put your cup of water down without marking it as yours; be cautious of trying to use the bathroom during a game of hide-and-seek; and if you play …
Are you planning a leisurely road trip with spontaneous stops at places like the world’s largest flea market or that java-shop-turned-glorified-monument that’s actually shaped like of a coffee pot? Are you hoping to go solo or possibly with one or two of your best sane …
Who knew a game of pick up sticks could prop open a stubborn window into my son’s world, releasing the beautiful breeze of his soul? My middle child and I had been going to counseling for a few months for a behavior issue that my …
I’m currently writing a book about living powerfully purposeful lives not because of what we do but who we are and who we reflect. It’s a book about not striving, not comparing, not trying to measure our worth by the world’s standards. So freeing. Ha. …