For Your Weekend

by | Oct 31, 2015 | for your weekend

For years I’ve been writing a weekend blessing, benediction, or prayer on Saturdays and then sharing a few of my favorite links from the previous week. But the last few Saturdays I’ve been traveling so haven’t been able to share favorite links....
What I Learned in October

What I Learned in October

by | Oct 30, 2015 | what we learned

Welcome to What We Learned, a monthly community link up where we each take some time to reflect on the last 30-ish days before moving ahead into the next. Find a new favorite show? A cool function on your phone you didn’t know about? Learn something about your own...

A Prayer for When We Want Answers

by | Oct 26, 2015 | faith, hope

We confess that we are stumbling through connection. We confess how most of the time we would choose to offer advice, answers, expertise or solutions than we would to offer ourselves. But you didn’t come as an expert. You came as a baby. You didn’t come to solve our...

What Taylor Swift Taught Me About Writing

by | Oct 23, 2015 | art, music, writing

We spent our Wednesday night at the Taylor Swift 1989 World Tour. I can’t remember the last time I was at a giant concert like this, if ever honestly. But it was fun to go with my girls and their friends. Still, when I got home and tucked the girls in hours past...

Why You Should Care About Back to the Future Day

by | Oct 21, 2015 | courage

Keep your eyes out for Doc and Marty McFly today. October 21, 2015 is the day they crashed into the future from 1985 in Back to the Future II.  When the movie came out in 1989, I was 12. I remember my sister having to explain the whole “back to the future”...