Surprise! What rises in you when you hear that word? Do you love surprises? Or do you prefer predictability—knowing what’s coming and when? A little internet research informed me that most people like to be surprised. (I was, actually, surprised by this). …
Holy Oddballs One-Another (and a look at Easter) Just around the corner (this Sunday), we are celebrating Easter. Sometimes, it’s easy to get lost in the doings and the trappings, rather than reflecting and celebrating the reason of the…
While We’re Here…We Work When I turned sixteen, I secured a real job (even though I babysat for years before) at JC Penney’s department store in their sewing section (that dates me!). Since I loved to sew and, by then, had…
What Does It Look Like to Put on Jesus I don’t often re-write a past blog, and if I do, I have an unspoken rule with myself that it will never be a recent post. However, I want to…
How Exiles Dress Recently my mind wandered back to sixth grade (which feels like a century ago). That was the year school suddenly clicked for me. Until then I’d been an average student, but something changed when I walked…
Get Dressed! I spend far too much time each morning trying to figure out what to wear. 🤷♀️ First world problem? Undoubtedly! Women’s issue? Probably! For me, it’s usually a combination of meeting the following criteria : • wanting to…
Anchoring Ourselves Between Here and There As a kid, I exchanged letters back and forth with my grandmother who lived several hours away (how old fashioned, right?). We’ve lost the art of hand-writing letters over the years, with the…
A Passport Stamped by Mercy The older I get, the less I seem to care what other people think about me. Not completely — let’s be honest — but the grip of needing approval has definitely loosened. The hunger…
Living as Holy Oddballs In less than two months, I’ll be heading out to speak at an event for women who serve internationally. Those who know me know this is my sweet spot. In spaces like this, I’ve found my…
What If There Were No Quitters Day? As long as we’re still in January, I’m holding on to the notion that there’s still time to lean into the “fresh start” a New Year brings. So let me ask you…