Hey, you. (Yes, you.) Happy Tuesday. Or un-happy Tuesday, maybe? Either way, it’s up to us to cheer each other on. It’s up to us to cheer each other on. To encourage those around us. To lift others up. It’s up to us to tell those we love to just keep going. Why? Because this … Continue reading »
There’s a sign in our home office that stares back at me daily. It’s nothing fancy, just something I wrote with a Sharpie on colored printer paper. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good and done, it says. Initially, the sign was intended to spur me on in work. President of the Perfectionism Club, … Continue reading »
She spent Wednesday night out swing dancing, my friend mentioned as she recounted her week. She’s a professional dancer and so when she mentioned swing, I knew I was in for a good story. During one song, she found herself spun around and dipped backwards in one fell swoop, supported only by her dance partner’s … Continue reading »
brave . . . In the past few years, my heart has become heavy with the burden to serve and love people who grieve over lost expectations. Grief when things don’t turn out like we think they will, like we hope they might. Grief over hopes unfulfilled, dreams unreached, status quo not met. Grief when … Continue reading »
{We need to get talking about what marriage really looks like. In that spirit, we chat about it here once a week, on Wedded Wednesdays.} Anne and I met in an elevator in Indianapolis, during the 2012 Influence Conference. Starstruck doesn’t even begin to describe it . . . and I mean me towards Anne, … Continue reading »
{We need to get talking about what marriage really looks like. In that spirit, we chat about it here once a week, on Wedded Wednesdays.} There’s something I haven’t told you, friends. Mr. S. and I are apart more often than I’d like. Most of the time, it feels like quite the “first world” problem, … Continue reading »
Dear second-grader Sarah, Hey you — yes, you. Right there in your multi-colored, striped mock turtleneck and fuschia corduroys. With those lace-up Keds on your feet. Alongside your fellow kiddos, you’re rushing across the blacktop and onto the wood chip-covered playground. Some head to the swings, others towards the slides. Some run to the seesaw … Continue reading »
Maundy Thursday, in most traditions, commemorates the Last Supper. But here’s the thing I’ve missed, year after year after year. Many scholars echo that the English term “Maundy” comes from Old French and Middle English and Latin. Mandé, from the Latin mandatum. It’s John 13:34, flesh and blood and action and life, right there in the Last … Continue reading »
{We need to get talking about what marriage really looks like. In that spirit, we chat about it here once a week, on Wedded Wednesdays.} Do you remember the weather on special days in your life? I do. The day we got engaged had a warm afternoon and a cold evening. It was cold and … Continue reading »
Earlier this year, I planted three small herbs in three small, clay pots: basil, cilantro and parsley. Spoiler alert — two croaked. One survived. And although my thumbs remain as off-green as ever, I learned a lot about relationships in the effort. I’m grateful to be a contributor to my wonderful mentor friend Elisa‘s blog. … Continue reading »
