creating space for your soul to breathe
"Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely." --Winston S. Churchill, Painting as A Pastime When faced with a frantic school year, pressing deadline, or any other number of things that occupy the full schedule of grown ups, it’s … [Read more]
When you’re carrying a big decision or a potential change, the last thing you need is to try to come up with a five year plan for your life. Maybe all you need is enough information to take one next right step forward. Last year I decided to … [Read more]
Making the decision to move forward with an idea is hard enough, but one thing that can keep us feeling especially stuck is trying to move forward with a decision alone because we are afraid. When it comes to collaboration it takes a … [Read more]
Welcome to What We Learned, where we pause to reflect on the past season before we move ahead into the future. At the end of this post, you’re invited to link up to your own list of what you learned this quarter – be it silly, serious, sacred, or … [Read more]
Photo by Anna Voss on Unsplash As we continue to make our way through an ever changing set of circumstances, the seasons will keep rolling on, bringing with them both dreaded and hoped-for hellos and goodbyes. You may be holding on to a hopeful … [Read more]
As you take the time to listen and find a few still moments alone, the fact remains we always carry burdens into the quietness - not only our own but those of the people we love. We know Jesus came so that we might experience fullness of life, but … [Read more]
If God had made the world straight up and down, we would have no seasons or change; just the sun shining straight at the equator all year around. Instead, he chose to tilt it on its axis, making a way for strawberries, red leaves, quiet snow, … [Read more]
I've got 20 books here for you - some I've read, some I'm reading, some I hope to read, and some I have to read. Let's get straight to it, shall we? The books I link to here are affiliate links so if you grab one through my link, I'll receive a … [Read more]
Photo by Henry Be We want see evidence of growth in our lives, but it can be discouraging when we can't figure out how to release old habits, struggles, or thought patterns. Perhaps true maturity and a growing faith show up not in our ability to … [Read more]
Photo by Rodion Kutsaev on Unsplash If you’re in a situation you know calls for movement but you feel stuck and unable to go forward to the point that you’re getting on your own nerves, this episode is for you. Take a breath and allow the moments … [Read more]
This post contains a few links that are affiliates and many links that are not. In the midst of a full summer, I'm pausing on purpose to list some of my favorite things so far. It happened again. I woke up this morning with a compulsion to write on … [Read more]
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.” Psalm 139:23-24 It's a familiar verse, but what does it take to let your heart be … [Read more]