i had a really fun adventure yesterday. i got to fly to san diego for the day with one of my dear friends, the lovely & brave sharla jackson. it wasn’t just an ordinary trip. it was actually 10 years–yes, 10 years–in the making. you see, sharla has been terrified of flying (i have known […]
Read Moredo it anyway
i took a week off blogging, just had nothing to really muster up and so it felt kind of good not to even think about it. i am not too inspired this week, either, but i did come across a really good song yesterday at my favorite monthly gathering with my dear friends, brave-courageous-in-the-trenches-women, that i thought […]
Read Moresurviving spiritual vertigo
this post is part of a synchroblog (a group of bloggers writing on the same topic at the same time. check out their links at the bottom of this post) put together by my blog-friend-on-the-journey glenn hager. the topic is called the revolutionaries synchroblog and you can read more about it here, but the basic […]
Read Morethere was an old lady who lived in a shoe…
there have been 9 kids at the escobar house the past 6 days! we’ve been watching our friends 4 kiddos while they are in central america on a ministry networking trip. it is pretty funny because honestly, once you tip over the edge like we have with 5 of our own, throwing a few more into […]
Read Moretoday is a new day
today is a new day. you can start fresh, wipe the slate clean and begin again. that’s the first statement on this really lovely poster i have at my house that jen lemen created for cool people care. i bought it for a few friends last fall. i framed one for me, too, and i look at […]
Read Moreme.me.me.me.me.me.itsallabout.me
my friend-i-can-always-count-on-to-make-me-laugh-and-worry-about-me-too phyllis tagged me on this meme. it is always a nice diversion from my constant church ramblings and i’ve been really blue so i thought it might be good to join in the fun and escape real life for a few minutes. it did make me laugh here and there, sort of a reminder how weird my […]
Read Morethe new ways are way harder
i am a “get-it-done” kind of person. a confessed striver, i really like to dream, build, create something from scratch, make things happen. not all of this is for the wrong reasons (as in feeding ego, making me feel valuable & validated…), but i am honest enough to say of course in weird wacky ways […]
Read Morethe shack
lots of people have been reading the shack these days, especially those in blogland where word is on the street. what i am finding, though, is many people have never heard of it. it hasn’t made its way into the mainstream yet, but i definitely have a sense that its on its way there. i am […]
Read Morejenga faith
this has been on my mind for a while and i’ve been meaning to put it into words. it came up yesterday in not one, not two, but three conversations in different ways so i thought i’d write it down while it was fresh this time… many i know are going through huge tranformation & transition […]
Read Morethe tortoise and the hare
remember this aesop’s fable? with five kids i have read my share over the years…the stories are really timeless and profound in more ways than one. a few weeks ago the story of the tortoise and the hare came back onto my scan, and i have been thinking about it a lot. at our house of refuge […]
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