The Circle of Fiction

I’m picky about the fiction I read. I open myself and let the stories march straight in. The characters move into my heart and I feel pain when they make bad decision. I feel anguish when life crushes them. I live those stories through them and obviously, that’s the point. The problem is that I […]

A Toast on My Husband’s Birthday

My husband’s birthday was last Saturday. I had almost pulled off a half-surprise party for him on Friday night when one of the boys came down with a 101 fever. I think I was more bummed about that than he was. If we had a big party and I got to raise my glass and […]

About International Women’s Day

Yesterday, when I saw on Instagram that it was International Women’s Day, I thought about what that means to me for a while. I grew up very conservative. I knew that if I went to Facebook I would see posts from people I knew about how women didn’t need a day (or a protest or […]

Getting A Vision

My office belongings are currently in our front hallway. There are stacks of books and Justin’s bag of basketballs. There’s a rolled-up rug draped on top of the speaker, artwork leaning against the wall and shelves stacked in the corner. My notebooks and mugs of pens and books that I keep close lay neatly in […]

Episode 92: How Transformation Happens

It’s Lisa this week with a solo episode. She discusses her tendency on Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies. (Find yours here!) She’s a questioner. She likes to ask questions and if there’s a good reason, she’ll be on board with almost anything. This episode breaks down the intersection of why we should read our Bibles and […]

Going into Battle: Monday is a Good Day

There are certain things about life I don’t particularly enjoy. Oh, you want a list? Ok. Babies not sleeping through the night. Having the contents of an entire room in the hallway. A pile of laundry in the boys’ room waiting to be folded. Crumbs under the table. Runny noses. Guess what? Every single one […]

Episode 91: You Are a Leader

For this podcast episode we are defining leadership as “a conscious stewardship of influence.” (This is not a discussion about women in leadership positions in church.) We all know men and women who are have led others in discipleship and how they have lived without having a position or a platform or a title. How […]