I don’t know if I have ever said this before but…Catalyst Conference is my favorite conference of all the Christian-churchy-leadershipy conferences (and there are a lot of them.) It is one of the highlights of my year. I leave feeling refreshed, inspired, and with at least a handful of new friends. So I was HONORED […]
Last Friday I wrote that I had a heavy heart. Today I am just spent. Spent. Literally I’ve got nothing. Nothing. Around noon on Sunday I returned to Nashville to be greeted by a few inches of standing water in my basement apartment. My roommate and I spent the better part of the day futilely […]
Today is the day. Today is the day we all have been waiting for, or at least the day I have been waiting for. Today is the official release date for my pastor and Thomas Nelson author Pete Wilson’s debut book Plan B. Have you ever had a shattered dream? An unmet expectation? A failed plan? […]
I’m at the airport, alone after weeks of people and ideas. Feeling so full. Yet so empty. Feeling so blessed. Yet so discontent. God has done a number on my soul. He’s been gently nudging me, prompting me, telling me that it is time to do something, assuring me that I need to trust His […]
As an extrovert, I get energized by being on-the-g0, interacting with people, and making connections. As an extrovert, I come to life when I am surrounded by my loved ones. But as an extrovert, I often neglect to take time alone to process and rest. Coming off a conference, weekend house guests, and a half […]
Yesterday I completed the Country Music Half Marathon. To be perfectly honest, I have been ACTIVELY DREADING the race for a couple of weeks. Mostly because I over-committed myself and I was straight-up freaked out about how I was going to feel as I tried to conquer the mountainous (okay, that might be a slight exaggeration) […]
Decided that today instead of normal “Follow Friday” tweets that I’d hook you up with some of the incredible people I encountered this week so you can get connected with them. Each of these folks played a part in making my time at Catalyst West (#catwest) incredible. Incredible. @sarahmarkley and @cmarkley – At the suggestion […]
I’m about to embark on a crazy couple of weeks. Crazy fun. But also just a little crazy nutty. Tomorrow morning I head out to not-so-sunny Southern California for Catalyst West. I went to my first Catalyst conference this fall in Atlanta. To say I loved it doesn’t quite do the conference justice. I ate it […]
I am one of those people who has lots of circles of friends. Single girl friends, church friends, work friends, “campus” friends, Powered by Hope friends, blogging friends, twitter friends, high school friends, college friends, Birmingham friends, camp friends…just to name a few. So naturally I have several friends who have never had the opportunity […]
When I asked for questions you’d like to see my answer on my blog, several people wanted to know what my favorite restaurants Nashville restaurants are. If you know anything about me, you probably know that I love eating out. Seriously love eating out. I guess it is something about the experience of sitting down […]
