I woke up this morning feeling more like myself. It’s amazing what a night laughing with friends and sitting under incredible teaching can do for your soul. Next weekend I get to experience it again and gather with old friends, new friends, and strangers at my church to participate in IF:local, and I couldn’t be […]
There is a saying that goes “hurt people, hurt people”. I’ve found that to be very true, both personally and as I’ve observed other relationships. When I’ve done things to hurt people, it’s typically because I’m operating out of a place of hurt myself (not justifying the action, explaining the behavior). When other people hurt […]
I’m in a small group of women that have been meeting together once a month for about 5 years. Actually, they’ve been meeting together longer, but I somehow weaseled my way in about 5 years ago. We’ve done bible studies, IF gatherings, book studies…we’ve washed feet and served at the Operation Christmas Child processing plant […]
I’m sitting at Starbucks preparing to write a post about community, and my perpetual people watching is distracting me. There’s an older man, meeting with a college aged/early career younger man. It’s obviously a mentorship role, as they are discussing life, where they are at, words like bible college, youth group, pastor and other such lingo […]
