The Importance of Sharing Our Goals

The Importance of Sharing Our Goals

A few days before the New Year, we were having supper with my husband’s family and my father-in-law suggested we share some of our goals for 2020. We went around the room and everyone shared a few goals they had for the new year. I was reluctant to share. Though I’m...
Don’t Cry Your Way Through Life

Don’t Cry Your Way Through Life

It was the third day of kindergarten, and one of my sweet little students was just not feeling it. She sat in the “arctic zone” (a place for kids to cool off and take a break) and cried for what felt like the entire morning. She cried and screamed and kicked and threw...
The Beauty of Silence

The Beauty of Silence

I don’t love silence. Silence is uncomfortable. It takes away all my other distractions and leaves me alone with my thoughts. It suppresses me with an overwhelming sense of nothingness. So in order to avoid the dreaded silence, I fill my life with noise. Podcasts....
The Gift of True Community

The Gift of True Community

I heard once that true community happens when we receive each other as gifts. I’m not sure who first said it. I don’t even know the exact quote. I think I might’ve just heard it on the radio or something. But it rang true to me. After all, how can we have community if...
To the Unfulfilled Adventurer

To the Unfulfilled Adventurer

I love adventure. I find myself hungry for it. The word “wanderlust” pretty well describes how I feel sometimes: an incredibly strong desire to travel. A lust for wandering. A greed for adventure. The truth is, we can be greedy for a lot of things. Greed isn’t limited...
5 Ways to Use Your Thoughts to Move Forward

5 Ways to Use Your Thoughts to Move Forward

“Your life is always moving in the direction of your strongest thoughts.” I heard this quote once, maybe on the radio. I wasn’t sure where it came from until I looked it up for this blog post. It’s a quote from a sermon by Craig Groeschel, the founder and senior...