Finding Jesus in the messy, mundane, and miraculous.
“It wasn’t until I heard that…speech about self-doubt that it struck me: the real issue wasn’t that I felt like a fraud, but that I could feel something deeply and profoundly and be completely wrong.” – Sheryl Sandberg, Lean In I’ve tried really hard not to write about singleness. I don’t want to be one […]
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Last weekend I went to a 90’s pop princesses sing-along, where they handed out glow sticks and miniature British flags and sticks with the faces of the men from Bridget Jones’s Diary on them. We danced and sang along to En Vogue, Ace of Base, Destiny’s Child, and of course, the Spice Girls. There were […]
Read MoreRelease means to be let go, in its simplest form. To be set free – well, that is a whole other level of meaning, and of truth. Often God releases us from things that we don’t necessarily want to be let go from, but maybe we need to be set free.
Read More[to those of you who get these in your email – sorry for the repeat…oops.] I finally had a day off of work last week and decided to make the most of it: aka, spend my inheritance on new license plates at the DMV. I gave myself a pep talk in the morning: “Kallie, you’re […]
Read MoreI started a new job in January and pretty much set out to be perfect at it from day one. (Yes, you can laugh). So when I messed something up this week I felt the weight of that expectation fall on my shoulders real heavy. I thought that the “Hold yourself to a standard of […]
Read MoreThings change when you stop counting all the things going wrong and start listing the beauty all around.
Read MoreI find it ironic that the One who tells us over and over again “do not fear” happens to be the One we fear the most. We are afraid we aren’t good enough for Him. We are afraid we are disappointing Him. We are afraid to talk to Him, because we might say the wrong […]
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As I begin to dream and have big hopes for my life, I find myself constantly comparing myself to those who have either reached those dreams or are next to me in the “race” towards those hopes and dreams. And I struggle. I’ll be honest – I sometimes hope for their downfall. I compose mental lists of why I’m better than them, or, more often, why they are better than me.
Read MoreI have been so stuck in this back and forth of dreams and desires for a purposeful and significant life, and my own pride and desire for my own greatness. God keeps reminding me of the principle, the one who is faithful with little, will be trusted with much.
Read MoreThrough this season of Lent, and giving up fear, my biggest fear has become so evident to me: fear of insignificance. I believed for so long that I was insignificant. I still fear it. I want my life to matter. I want to impact, have influence, make a name, “leave my mark.” After feeling forgettable […]
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