Don’t miss your story because you are afraid of it not being great enough.
Jennie Allen
Be confident in what you’re doing. If you’re not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.
Aretha Franklin
Grace for Myself
Confession: I’m not good at vacationing. You may read that and chuckle, or think that I’m being dramatic, but it’s true. I’m terrible at stepping away, powering down & taking a break. When it comes time for vacation, my perfectionist nature starts to freak out underneath the surface. “I can’t step away until everything is…
Read MoreIf there is one thing I have learned in my years on this planet, it’s that the happiest and most fulfilled people are those who devoted themselves to something bigger and more profound than merely their self-interest.
John Glen
Eyes On My Lane
Back in November, I went on a trip with some of our very best friends and it may have been one of the sweetest and most unique experiences of my adult life thus far. Although there are moments amongst the bills & the responsibilities that can feel less than awesome, I still forget that 1)…
Read MorePassion and Purpose
What are you passionate about? We’ve all heard it time and time again: You will invest your time in your passions. Recently I’ve come to learn how my generation may be missing a key detail of what passion really means. When I think of what I’m passionate about – what fills me with purpose and excites…
Read MoreWe get more joy out of the hard-fought unforeseen successes than we ever could from the ones that everyone saw coming.
One very wise stranger
Always Good
Today feels somber and heavy. Perhaps it’s the never-ending cold grey skies that have lingered too long and the rain that sweeps across the ground with an air of melancholy. Or the saddening news of a bill that was passed in the late hours of the evening that hurts and dismays educators. Or the canceling…
Read MoreI Am The Lord, Your God, And I Hear When You Call
The Lord, my God, He hears when I call out. He hears and He comforts. All the while, He already knows what’s ahead for me. But He joins me in the anxiety and the waiting and the fear and He supplies all that I need. There are so many times in my life where I…
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All Who Are Weary
“How can I be praying for you this week?” The realization of my current condition set in as that simple question was asked. It was intrusive. It required me to really reflect on how I was doing. My best friend had reached out to me, out of the blue, to let me know she saw…
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