What the book's about: As the subtitle of The Irresistible Revolution suggests, this book is about "living as an ordinary radical."
Why I read this book: I rarely reread books and yet this is the 3rd time I've read...
Today, I'm linking up with Kate Motaung's Five Minute Friday. The rules: Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
This week's prompt: Share.
As I stood in the bathroom doing my hair, I heard my dad...
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name
The first time I heard these...
Recently, we talked about 11 signs you might be burning out.
Unfortunately, as you know, it's not enough to simply recognize you're burning out. Instead, you have to proactively deal with burnout both while you're at work and when you're at home....
Recently, Bravo aired a marathon of Top Chef Season 2, which I eagerly watched during late nights with the baby.
In addition to featuring fun cooking challenges and great food, this particular season of Top Chef focused on the relationships...
Last week, we talked about 11 signs you might be burning out.
Unfortunately, it's not enough to simply recognize you're burning out. Instead, you have to proactively deal with burnout. Next week, we'll explore strategies for coping with burnout...
In a recent sermon, mega church pastor and evangelical Christian leader, Andy Stanley said, “We want churches to be large enough so that there are enough middle schoolers and high schoolers that we don't have one youth group with middle school and...
What I'm Reading:
Fiction:
I read a LOT during February, completing six fiction books. Among them, my favorites were:
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. I don't know how I missed this when it came out in 2010. It was SO good -...
I am the product of an all-girls Catholic high school.
Without a doubt, I got a good education at the all-girls Catholic high school I attended. Beyond that, though, my all-girls education gave me all sorts of leadership opportunities –...
There are a few times a year when I hit a ministry slump: January / February and then again in August.
In both cases, exhaustion contributes to my slump. I enter January exhausted from the holidays only to then go full-throttle into two of my...