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Sep 29, 2015
Seeing Our Beauty in the Mirror of Friendship
Hesitantly, I approached the mirror that stretched across our bathroom vanity. It was a season of unexpected learning. At sixty years of...
Sep 22, 2015
10 People Whose Judgment About My Body Is Entirely Irrelevant
Margot Starbuck startles us into honesty about the extreme level of our self-judgment with her personal list of irrelevant judges in her...
Sep 8, 2015
Loving Your Body - Even When It's Hard
Sometimes I like my body. Make that occasionally I like my body. And sometimes I’m uber embarrased by it. The crepe paper skin above my...
Sep 1, 2015
Through a Cracked and Clouded Lens
What do you see when you look in the mirror? My friend Nicole Mills has been through a lot. And through her journey, God has given her...
Aug 25, 2015
Five Ways to Let Girls Know They are Beautiful
What messages about beauty are we sharing with the girls in our lives? Whether we have daughters, granddaughters, nieces or young...
Aug 18, 2015
She Said, He Said
Ever get stuck between the contrasting voices in your life - and which you choose to heed? Like every ten seconds? Yup. Me too. That's...
Aug 11, 2015
Mother Loss
I lost my mother over twenty-six years ago. One of my dearest friends lost her mother a week ago. I was thirty-four. My friend is...
Aug 4, 2015
Your Place in the Story
What we think about ourselves impacts how we act. My friend Carolyn reminds me of that - the significance of being an image-bearer and...
Jul 21, 2015
Soul Spinning
I've never viewed myself as a big worrier. Until those moments when I notice myself cycling over and over the same concern, making zero...
Jul 14, 2015
Proximity
I find myself preferring to learn from a distance rather than up close and personal. About cancer. About social issues. About need and...
Jul 7, 2015
Breathing in Big Gulps of God
Oh memories of summer camp! The smells and tastes and feelings and count-on-it-take-homes! Take a look back with Deidra Riggs and...
Jun 30, 2015
Glance My Way
"OPEN YOUR HANDS and your heart to receive this day as a precious gift from Me. I begin each day with a sunrise, announcing My radiant...
Jun 23, 2015
Enough?
Oh how I struggle with "not enoughness!" You too? Read on as Lee Ann Zanon offers a fresh perspective on the good side of our struggle....
Jun 16, 2015
Help!
Why is it so hard to ask for help? Or - go deeper now? Why is it so hard to say yes to help when it's offered even without us asking? A...
Jun 9, 2015
Cathedral Dive
Has the majesty of God ever taken your breath away? Literally - have you ever needed to pause and gulp in air as you witnessed an...
May 26, 2015
The Hard Work of Friendship
Friendships have a way of revealing us to ourselves. You know? Pam Lau tackles one “dark side” of friendship, when we are disappointed in...
May 19, 2015
Of Missing Pieces and Paradigm Shifts
I find it revealing that I can easily spot something that I think needs to be fixed in another person, and miss what needs to be fixed in...
May 12, 2015
Do-Overs
How was your Mother's Day? Great? Just okay? Disappointing? Ridiculous? I've had all of these in various years. Carla Foote helps us all...
May 5, 2015
A Mom ... And More
You are a mom. Your hands move to comfort, point to guide, poke to prod, grasp to warn, cup to catch, fold to hold. Your feet climb to...
Apr 28, 2015
Meet My Friends: Pity and Compassion
Who are your closest friends? Who walks with you through this and that and the unexpected? The hard? Do these friends bring out the best...
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