Church has been the center of my spiritual and social life for as long as I can remember. Some of my earliest and happiest memories include sitting on the front porch, singing “Tell Me The Story Of Jesus,” and planting marigolds in the Sunday school garden. My childhood was filled with hymn sings, potlucks, choir…
I don’t think I’ve ever been so glad to see a year come to an end. New Year’s Day is typically one of my favorite holidays because it represents new beginnings, and as such, holds so much promise. So far this year, it’s been hard to feel that promise – and the excitement I wish would come…
It’s not every day you wake up to find out the company you worked for folded overnight. What were the odds? (Well, it turns out they were probably good, but I didn’t know to be paying attention.) But still. It was an unexpected shock, and a heart-breaking one. I really liked my job, had good relationships with…
So much of the past three to four years of my life have been marked by an emergence of sorts. I am still very much myself, but how I live into “being me” is very different now than it used to be. I’m less guarded, more open, more likely to shoot straight about what I think…
I’ve been thinking a lot about dreams lately. Eight years ago, I had an epiphany of sorts, realizing that my dream for my life had changed dramatically. Today, if I’m brutally honest – I don’t think I ever really let go of my old dream completely, even while embracing a new one. I think I was actually…
