Our time together started out strong: these beautiful women who came enthusiastic for hope and eager for practical resources. We were a healthy mixture of mamas and nanas and career folks, all excited about gathering in community with women who “get us,” connecting as only women can. A few were making fairly quick changes in their […]
A couple months ago I opened my DayTimer and found myself laughing aloud at the ridiculousness of the number of things I’d crammed into one thirty-day period. All the work I had to do, the causes I’m passionate about, and the personal commitments I try to daily live into, they sat there mocking me. There […]
Guest Post, Holley Gerth I skid my toes along the edge of the water. It’s brilliant blue, the color of the deepest sky. I let out my breath slowly and close my eyes. I listen to the waves. In. Out. In. Out. I match their rhythm and slow down inside. I think of words spoken […]
“It was when you shared your story with me that I found the courage to face mine.” She spoke it soft, the unconventional twenty-something I’d befriended months earlier. For a few moments longer, we chatted about the fresh hope God was stirring in her heart as she confronted some tough issues. And we ended the […]
As the minutes passed, my apprehension grew. There I was, sitting in front of 100 women at my church. We were there to learn about the power of prayer and my friend Rachel was leading the class. A few months before, Rachel had approached me about being on the panel. She envisioned us sort of […]
I don’t have time for friends. It was a cloaked excuse, one that hid me from expecting eyes. I talk about it here, how thirteen years ago I said those words to most who tried to get close, but in particular to this one beautiful soul—this girl who later became an irreplaceable friend after scaling […]
April is my birthday month. It’s the big 5-0 for me this year. And it’s bigger than ever. A milestone, indeed. One I’d dreaded for years if I’m completely transparent, because well, that’s often when both time and memory start passing quicker, and when doctors start recommending some weird screening tests {think colonoscopy}. And although […]
Legs crossed Indian-style, palms facing upward and resting on each knee, I sat in the middle of my living room floor meditating. Not meditating as in yoga-meditating but rather a collapsing-in-the-floor-exhausted-with-too-much-on-my-mind posture. {Although, the palms landing upward may well have been some subliminal sign of the surrender that was to come.} Tears stroked the long […]
Six months ago I wrote how hard it was, this unique time of helping one precious to me while my own desires and dreams suspended mid-air. The days spent rising {way} too early, cleaning behind little ears, and finding fun learning activities to entertain a hungry young mind—all while cloaking discipleship in the painting of rocks […]
My thumbs flew across the screen of my iPhone, “So, if he who abides in God and God abides in him bears much fruit—where’s the fruit? Am I not abiding?” I was texting my husband Matt, my sounding board and theology coach for times like these. Times when some pretty powerful hurts were leaking right […]
There’s an unclaimed margin in our lives; one where important things stand out.
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There’s an unclaimed margin in our lives; one where important things stand out.
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There’s an unclaimed margin in our lives; one where important things stand out.
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There’s an unclaimed margin in our lives; one where important things stand out.
