Month: January 2016

Make Space for the Beautiful and Brave

.Reading time 8 minutes.

We could hear it in the background, serenading us as we shoveled chips and salsa and sipped on margaritas. Those crazy brave people singing karaoke in the back. We cringed as girls sang One Direction and laughed as bold men sang their hearts out to the classics. We finished our meals and suddenly my friend […]

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Make Space for Healing

.Reading time 6 minutes.

When we ask for a situation to be fixed, He says I am with you. Not always what we are looking for, but always what we need. He knows that Presence is what heals, not answers.

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Making Space

.Reading time 8 minutes.

A friend recently shared that her “word” or “idea” for the New Year was similar to mine, but she phrased it as “making space.” I love the idea of space, and have been thinking about it a lot because of this whole simplicity thing, and the whole I-moved-and-have-to-arrange-a-new-room thing. I’ve been thinking about how we (maybe […]

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Clearing out the Lies (my word for 2016)

.Reading time 6 minutes.

My word (or one of them!) for 2016 is simplicity. If you’ve read anything of mine recently, you probably already know that. I’m kind of obsessed with this idea of simplifying life. I’m moving this weekend, so I’ve been donating to Goodwill like it’s my job. Our trash can is overflowing, and it is a […]

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My New Year’s Continuation

.Reading time 6 minutes.

My brothers and I attended a Christian elementary school that we all loved very much. One program we were able to participate in was called “Young Authors.” From my limited memory, students essentially submitted a self-authored story, and were awarded prizes in their age category.  Young Authors is one of our most common dinner table […]

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