Have We Forgotten That Love Is Kind?
Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant, is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable, and does not keep a record of wrongs. Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth. It bears all...
Inspired to Inspire #OYTO
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~ Thomas Merton I have a love/hate relationship with social media. On one hand, I'm convinced our lives were better without it overall. We had fewer friends, sure, but they were...
Your Influence Matters
Green and inexperienced, I was recruited to step into the role of marketing director for a local retirement community. My education combined with a love and natural propensity for those senior than me far outweighed my managerial skillset, and only days...
First Ask Why || Interview With Author Shelly Wildman & Book Giveaway!
The internet has introduced me to a lot of writing friends, and when they go on to publish a book, I can't help but stand on the sidelines and cheer. Today, I'm celebrating Shelly Wildman, an internet-turned-real-life friend who has just released a wonderful...
Aging and Aquamarine
Right now, in this hair's breadth of a moment, you are both as old as you've ever been, and as young as you ever will be again. Interesting thought, isn't it? It is not unusual for me to think about time, in general, and aging, more...
How You Can Make A Difference on International Women’s Day
I'm sitting at my kitchen table where the sun is piercing filthy windowpanes, a thing I notice in the morning but forget by noon's shadow. A ladybug sits on the sill, I'm assuming dead. Our home is a death spiral for pretty bugs dressed in red with black polka...
Purpose Power Summit 2018 || Why you *need* to check it out (plus, a fun GIVEAWAY at the end)
~ Giveaway has ended - Heartfelt thanks to all who entered! Congratulations to Susan G. for posting the selected comment! When Mimika Cooney reached out to me to participate with the Purpose Power Summit she was putting together, I carefully (prayerfully)...
Doing The Thing You Already Know To Do
It was the first time my small group would meet her, this dear friend of our dear friend. On more than one occasion Monica had shared wisdom and insight she had gained from Sandra, and we were eager to know her, too. Proverbs 27:17 tells us that "iron...
Oh, lovely day
i. Today is Valentine's Day, one of my favorite days of the year, one of the happiest reasons to celebrate life: it's all about love. I am wearing hot pink shoes now, but I think I'll be changing into the ones dipped in glitter, gold and a thousand points of...