Saturday morning rhythms and we are in the middle of simplifying and downsizing when I come across a sweatshirt, circa 1991. “LANE. This was my favorite sweatshirt when I was eight. Honest to goodness, I wore it every single day of the third grade.” It occurs to me how many years it has been … [Read more...] about The Ordinary Nature of Moving Forward
(in)courage
When Authenticity Feels Awkward
She was holding my baby, tears streaming down her face, and I hardly knew her. Our daughters had been playing together wild and free, strangers prior, discovering each other in the midst of dress-up fairy wings at our local children’s museum. She and I laugh at the ease with which friendships are … [Read more...] about When Authenticity Feels Awkward
finding hope in the hard
I sit on the front porch, relishing the North Carolina green that surrounds me, magnolia trees beginning to show off with blooms up and down, the morning air still crisp from a rain the night before. The girls are noisy rowdy in front of me, wrestling over sidewalk chalk, lost within a world of … [Read more...] about finding hope in the hard
when god starts to move
Sometimes, amidst the typical movements of my days, I feel this stirring in my soul: Oh, that my life would matter. Oh, that I would engage in this world and help to exchange fear and shame for love and grace. But how, exactly, do I step into this movement of God? How do I know what He … [Read more...] about when god starts to move