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 …
Cracking Up: An Interview with Author, Kimberlee Conway Ireton
I met Kimberlee two years ago, at Laity Lodge. We didn't get much time to talk while we were there, and I came away from that retreat wishing I'd been able to carve out more time with Kimberlee. So, when I arrived home, I ordered a copy of her first book, The Circle of Seasons: Meeting God in the …
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Sunday
God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! —Matthew …
All The Stories Matter. Especially Yours.
This year, it seems as if everyone is having babies! Book babies, that is. I've been watching friends of mine pant and push and press their way to publishing their stories. I have cheered for them and paced the halls with them. I've cried when the rejections came. I've prayed when all those words …
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50 Women, The Apostle’s Creed, and Faith that Grows in the Dark
I have in my possession, an advance copy of Michelle's 50 women book. Do you know about that one? Do you remember the hilarious (to us) moment when Michelle, just about to submit the final manuscript to her publisher, counted the number of women about whom she'd written, and realized she was one …
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“Talk About Risk”
I'm going to tell you something I shared with a group of writers and other creative people last week. We were in Oregon, seated in a church where the pews were of the wooden variety, and these pews formed a semi-circle inside the sanctuary. There was a balcony and we were packed in there—some of us …