Another great quote I've found about listening. I've been thinking a lot about how what we say is influenced by what we hear. How do you find your speaking influenced by your listening? ... [Read More]
Are You Too Busy?
As I have been writing and preparing to speak this weekend, I've been re-reading several of my favorite books on rest and priorities. I think my all-time favorite book on the topic of rest and Sabbath is The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath by Mark Buchanan. I've underlined and highlighted and dog-eared a large portion of the book. One of my favorite chapters is the one on busyness. Well, maybe favorite isn't the best word. It's a great chapter but it hurts me to ... [Read More]
Adding Anything Affects Everything {a God-sized dreams post}
Several years ago I learned a hard lesson about myself: I'm a control freak. My need for perfection, to be seen as capable, to never disappoint, that desire for approval was destroying me ... and it was costing me more than realized. I spent a lot of time studying Proverbs 31. In fact, I spent most of 2006 and 2007 digging deep into those passages and looking at the words and phrases, comparing them to other passages of Scripture about women. What I learned changed me. By October of 2007, ... [Read More]
Happy Valentine’s Day, Scott!
He leans over to kiss me on the back of my neck as I wash the dishes. His arm slides across my shoulders as we sit on the front pew. He gently turns off the iPad and removes the earbuds after I've fallen asleep to another episode of The West Wing. He fixes dinner {again} because I've been working all day to launch this new website. He puts gas in my car and makes sure I have Pepsi to drink. He saves the words we've written to each other. He tells me I am the only beautiful woman he's ever ... [Read More]
When Lent Presses In
"It occurred to me that perhaps what God calls us to give up, really, is ourselves." Kris Cameally, Introduction to Holey, Wholly, Holy It's 7:10 on Tuesday night. It's been a busy few days and the next two weeks are no less chaotic. We've eaten dinner and done the dishes. I'm sitting in my favorite corner of the couch in my favorite yoga pants and one of my husband's fleece pullovers. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. I'm 41 and for most of my life that was just a little notation on the calendar. ... [Read More]
Forgiveness. Ugh.
You know how sometimes a book gets all up in your business? Well, apparently, I have some forgiveness issues. Or maybe it's just one issue: I need to do it better. My friend and fellow MOD Squad mom Tracie wrote a 31 Days series last October ... and she took the basics of that series and added all sorts of other goodness to it and turned it into a book. A book that will get in your business. 31 Days of Forgiveness {through the eyes of grace} is a tender exploration of ... [Read More]
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