For real and for serious (as we used to say), registration for JumpingTandem: The Retreat opens midnight, August 1. As in, this Friday! The web site is slick and wonderful (thanks to Lyla Lyndquist, The Blog Whisperer), the speakers are in place, the best volunteers ever have thrown their hats in …
A Fun Announcement for Your Day
If you signed up to receive updates about JumpingTandem: The Retreat, yesterday you received some exciting news in your inbox! The retreat website is live, and when you click over, you'll get a peek at the speakers and the venue, and you'll receive information about registration. This year, we also …
Because You’ve Got Gifts | An Open Call for JumpingTandem: The Retreat
Simone was the very first blogging friend I met in real life. It was back in 2010 and, back then, Simone was still living in California. My son was graduating from college in Ventura, so Simone and I decided we should meet face-to-face. No one in my family felt comfortable with this brilliant …
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It’s Always Something New With God
Hard to believe it's been a year since Alia Joy snapped this photo on her phone at the end of JumpingTandem: The Retreat. This was the actual, very last moment of the retreat, and this was the very last load of amazing women being driven to the airport, and to home. These women, along with all the …
Giving Up Your Comfort Zone
Photo by JMacPherson There is a bay window in a conference room at a certain retreat center on the Nebraska plains. If you lie on your back on the floor of this room, with the soles of your tall boots pressed against the baseboard, you can peek through the window pane. Chances are, you’ll see a jet …
Sun and Shadows
There's a story in the bible about Jesus, Peter, James, and John. It (sort of) goes like this: One afternoon, Jesus invites these three guys to join him up on the mountain. They lace up their Timberlands and strap Camelbacks over their North Face vests. Peter checks the back pocket of his cargo …