Guest post by Abigail (Abby) Alleman I sit, head bowed low and back arched forward and down, on the slate gray IKEA patio chair. I stare at the overgrown brush of our garden and hear one word: failure. My legs feel the rub, a back and forth itch. The fabric–a spectrum splayed amid tiny-tulip-smattering-over-midnight—is that […]
Author: Jo Ann Fore
Angry Enough to Refuse Unfair Circumstances {Voice Study Wk. 3}
Have you ever had something painful happen, and you fell silent about it? Maybe someone did something to you and it was unfair and it hurt and it maybe even caused you to question God, but you said nothing? Maybe you grew angry. And angrier. And the anger filtered into places it should have never […]
Thursdays with the Voice-Bloggers
Each Thursday I’m honored to host an amazing group of women who gather in our online community to share their voices, to share their passion for you finding your voice. Together we walk through the book, When A Woman Finds Her Voice: Overcoming Life’s Hurts & Using Your Story to Make a Difference, and we join […]
Where is Your Safe Place {Voice Study, Wk. 2}
Where is your safe place? Where {or to whom} do you turn when you are hurting? That’s what we’re talking about this week on our online study, When A Woman Finds Her Voice: Overcoming Life’s Hurts & Using Your Story to Make a Difference. We’re slowly bringing our pain into focus through the lens of community, […]
Thursdays with the Voice-Bloggers
For the next ten weeks, we are walking through the book When A Woman Finds Her Voice: Overcoming Life’s Hurts & Using Your Story to Make A Difference in our online book study. And each Thursday, we will gather here to share our voices around that week’s topic, this week our first gathering. We’d love to have you […]
Online Study: Week One {When A Woman Finds Her Voice}
What a beautiful time of heart-connecting last week! For those of you just finding us, don’t worry, you aren’t behind. Last week was simply the opportunity to say “hello” and connect. And wow, what a bunch of you beautiful women made your way to our new gathering place; what an honor to be with you! […]
Me Too
Those times when life’s not working out like we thought it should—it creates a unique stress, no? A twisting of the heart and mind that holds a false sense of power over our choices. A crushing loss of hope that comes when we feel this hard may never end, the one that drives us […]
When Finding Your Voice Becomes a Community Effort
It’s finally here! Our time to connect and grow through our book study, When A Woman Finds Her Voice: Overcoming Life’s Hurts & Using Your Story to Make a Difference. Grab your book, your Bible {if you have one}, your markers, and find a quiet corner where you can plug in with us online. I’m so […]
Finding the Courage to Change
Courage. Augustine of Hippo paints it like this, “Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.” I offer it like this. A gathering of women, in a safe place, cutting their place […]
When Story Heals the Wounded Places
How do you act, what do you say, when you feel nothing? When the hurts have ripped carmine-red, when the bad news and lame excuses echo empty, but the tears have dried? Whoever said words don’t hurt, they lied. There is a pain that worms its way into our hearts and relationships, our very lives, everything […]