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blessed assurance 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
I moved to Africa with a couple of very-full suitcases, $200 in my pocket, and a heart-cocktail of faith, naivety, passion, and foolishness. I was only 19. I didn’t know much, but I knew that I love...
struck 19 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
I’m struck by how different my life looks these days. Sometimes, it stops me dead in my tracks and I just have to shake my head… Five years ago if you’d painted this picture of where I’d be, I’d ha...
bring the rain 16 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
The list of roles I played in my former life that I no longer play in this after life is staggering. Wife. Founder. Leader. Missionary. Pastor. Ministry Director. Daughter-in-law. Aunt. And though no...
the vulnerability of joy 5 Jun 2013 | 03:00 pm
Vulnerability is far bigger than owning my weaknesses. I’ve discovered that vulnerability also includes owning my joy. On a deep level, joy taps into my very worthiness. I question whether I even des...
one word journey: enough! 29 May 2013 | 04:00 pm
A friend asked me about my One Word recently: Enough. I explained the significance it holds for me: my journey to know and believe more deeply that I am enough. After his initial response about how th...
{i have} enough 15 May 2013 | 08:22 pm
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all that matters 2 May 2013 | 12:42 am
Some days are harder than others in this whole “I am enough” journey. Some days it seems as though everyone is shouting at me with their words, their actions, and everything in between, that once agai...
sometimes 25 Apr 2013 | 10:30 pm
Sometimes prayer is simply the steadfastness of going about my day, doing what needs to be done—even—especially—that which I’d rather not do, or that which I feel unable, inadequate to do. Sometimes p...
gratitude and grief 15 Apr 2013 | 12:15 pm
I checked two bags at the airport, both bursting at the seams, and boarded a flight with a heart that was just as full. My soul was brimming with eager expectancy and apprehension. There were equal pa...
TGIF: on puzzle pieces, sunshine, & friendship 12 Apr 2013 | 07:23 pm
I saw this exercise in the archives of Brené Brown’s blog, and loved it so much I decided to resurrect it here at the Grit. So here is my TGI this Friday… … … … I’m trusting that all the details will ...
