I Will Make Generous Assumptions

I Will Make Generous Assumptions

I asked a friend of mine about the dress she was trying to pick out the week before. She had a family wedding to attend and the family situation was messy to say the least.  I asked about the weekend, knowing the dynamics were messy: not invited to the rehearsal,...
Happy Is A Sham

Happy Is A Sham

Happy is a sham, because as you work to achieve it, it can so easily turn into what you live for. Happy can become your master, when you will sacrifice more than you should for it. If we start to live for happy, we can begin to hold onto it too tightly, for fear that...
What’s Holding You Back?

What’s Holding You Back?

Don’t you wish you could see yourself through the eyes of one of your friends sometimes? Here’s what I mean: as I sat in my kitchen talking to a friend, the gal I saw was beautiful and kind, capable and just on the cusp of what God has next for her. Yet as she talked...
Let’s Finish The Year Strong

Let’s Finish The Year Strong

July…what?!?! We are halfway through 2019, and it’s a great time to look back and say, “What would it look like to finish strong?” In January, the air is full of resolutions, good wishes, and the opportunity to start anew…and in July, the air is full of...
Capture The Simple

Capture The Simple

I asked my kids their favorite thing about summer so far and what I found to be interesting was the simplicity of the things that they were loving. Bike rides to a new school park near our house, a water balloon fight when it was raining and cool outside, frisbee, and...