In the Raw: A Life Well-Lived
She sits in a rolling recliner with her eyes half closed. Four years ago, she used to sit in a chair outside the children's ministry bathrooms making sure those little boys washed their hands. I walk up to her and smile. She smiles tentatively, obvious that she...
Remember to Remember: 40 Years of Discipleship
I'm continuing to look back where I've been in this part 2 of 4 - 40 years of discipleship. Discipleship is quite a mouthful. Depending on who you talk to, it can mean a formal relationship where one person (typically younger) learns from an older person. But it can...
Review: The Wonder Years edited by Leslie Leyland Fields
From the Back Cover: “We’re all getting older. How do we make the second half of our lives the best half? Forty incredible women of faith from 40-85 tackle aging anxieties head-on - and upend them with compelling first-person stories full of humor, sass,...
Remember to Remember: where I’ve been
I’m sure you’ve seen people posting their daily “thankful things” on social media. November is about thankfulness but more than that… it’s about being aware of right now and remembering. Steven Curtis Chapman’s single “Remember to Remember” stopped me in my tracks the...
Review: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
From the Back Cover: "Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily’s fierce hearted black “stand-in mother” Rosaleen...
Mean Girls: 3 Tips for You and Your Girl
Welcome back for the final post of our Mean Girls series! Here's the first installment if you'd like to catch up. This post will focus on some practical ways to navigate the mean girls in our lives as well as some questions to ask ourselves to make sure we're not...