by Ruth Verkaik | Sep 27, 2018 | Theology, Thinking
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...
by Ruth Verkaik | Sep 20, 2018 | Theology, Thinking
It started in third grade. Her two “BFFs” from the neighborhood (sisters) demanded that she give back the necklace proclaiming their friendship because they didn’t all end up in the same class together. She was devastated, so hurt that the friendship...
by Ruth Verkaik | Aug 23, 2018 | Creativity, Theology, Thinking
I can’t believe it’s done, but summer officially is over. Yesterday, the busses came and all three of my backpack-laden creative people got on and left. For the first time, I wasn’t ready. Oh, I had all the school supplies collected and labeled, but I still had more...
by Ruth Verkaik | Jun 7, 2018 | Theology, Thinking, Writing
It hit me today. Summer break starts next week. I knew in my head it was coming – my planner and list of things to do have been screaming at me for quite some time. But today it really hit me. How am I going to keep this habit of creative thinking through the...
by Ruth Verkaik | May 4, 2018 | Books, Enneagram, Thinking
(This is your weekly Theological Thursday post but – on a FRIDAY!) What is the Enneagram?? It’s one of a vast number of personality systems and ways of seeing ourselves. Ann Bogel has a great book called Reading People with a chapter on the biggest of the...
