Exploring the Wild & Beautiful Places of Faith
Happy 2023!! It’s the 1 year anniversary of our Wild + Beautiful Podcast, and a new year. In this week's episode on resolutions, we mentioned a free resource that my dad created. It's a series of questions to help you reflect. And in reflecting, help you better create resolutions that are God-focused, fruitful, and meaningful.…
Of all the titles I’ve had, the most meaningful one is by far, “Mama.” It has also been the hardest, the one that has required the deepest levels of sacrifice and self denial, challenging me to stretch and grow or risk shattering. But oh, it is also FUN. The days are saturated with joy, with…
I've found myself angry a lot lately. Angry at the state of the world. Angry at school boards and politicians. Angry at realizing we’re never going back to normal and angry that normal just covered up so much brokenness. To quote that favorite literary mama, Marmee March, “I’m angry nearly every day…” But lately, all…
Audio of this post, read by me. No matter how you're looking at this world, the days are getting crazier. We're fractured, contentious, intentionally pitted as "us vs them" rather than "we." Tyranny is moving from the history books to the headlines with stunning swiftness. This isn't the first time in history that the days…
I used to think the good life was the busy life. Because surely busy meant meaningful, rich, influential, exciting. But I've come to see that there's a difference between busy and full. The busy life is one where the minutes are always too few for the list that is always too long. The motion of…
Continue reading ➞ Busy vs Full: Do you know the difference?
A couple weeks ago I had the privilege to MC the Renovation Conference, a two-day event focused on meaningful conversations around faith, family, and sexuality. While the conference is over, you can still view the 15 breakouts and 4 main stage session online, beginning November 5. For more information, click here. There was so much…
It has been nearly a week of Texas protecting their smallest residents and the hysteria from abortion defenders is still at a fever-pitch. Yet in their maddness claiming that Texas women are oppressed (the women of Afghanistan might beg to differ on what is defined as "oppressed"), they fail to see how their rhetoric is…
They say it’s a historic week. A week where a woman took the oath for the second-highest office in the land. If that were all, I could applaud. Yet the tragic irony is that this same woman and the administration she is part of are determined to do everything in their power to decimate the…
Continue reading ➞ Is This the Kind of History Worth Celebrating?
I don’t need to hear more voices telling me the train is careening precariously close to the canyon cliff. I can see it with my own eyes.And I don’t need more finger pointed, anger laced, fear based sound bites trying to simplify this tangled mess. So I'll let my words be few as well. What…
For those that would prefer to listen, rather than read. My friend’s husband died this week. Or do we say passed away? I’m not used to this kind of thing, the losing of people when they’re young and their kids are babes and their now-widows haven’t even hit their thirties. No matter how you try…
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