Category Archives: The Life I Live

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Conferences, Conferences…

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So I go to a lot of conferences. Friends kid and ask if I am “a professional conference attendee” and that term is pretty close to accurate. It is part of what I do, really one of my favorite parts of what I do. Last week I was at Randy Elrod‘s Recreate Conference. It was […]

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The Most Important Place for Honesty, Sheila Walsh

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I am so excited to have Sheila Walsh guest posting today. I love Sheila Walsh. It is rare that a day goes by that I don’t laugh out loud at something that she posts on twitter. Everyone should follow Sheila because she is hilarious. But Sheila is also poignant, insightful, brave and boldly honest. A […]

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Nothing Says Happy Valentine’s Day…

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Like An Interview About Singleness Today I am answering some questions about my season of singleness on Matt Appling’s blog, The Church of No People. Here’s a taste: Q: Okay, so we’re talking about being single, and more specifically, how to be “good” at being single. I imagine many people tiptoe around the topic of […]

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Feeling Left Out

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I am 34 but every know and again I feel like an awkward middle schooler wondering why I couldn’t go to Elise’s “slumber extravaganza.” Every now and again I feel insecure. And just a little left out. I am one of those people who is naturally inclusive. I love, love, LOVE introducing one friend to […]

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What Are Your Colors?

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A couple of weeks ago I started talking to Kyle Reed about a blog redesign. Our conversation went something like this. Kyle: When are you going to customize Standard Theme on your blog? Me: When are YOU going to customize Standard Theme on my blog? Seriously. I know it looks boring. Feel free to spice […]

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Confessions of a People Pleaser

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I hate saying “no”. I hate disappointing people. I hate not being able to give people exactly what they want. Too often my inbox, my voicemail, and all the other spots where I can get incoming messages (of which there are TOO MANY), are clogged with people I need to get back with and share […]

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The Things You Can’t Write About

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There is something funny (weird, not haha) about having a blog where you claim to be “candid”, “authentic”, even “transparent”… Because no matter how hard you try you inevitably encounter things that you can’t write about, things that are not appropriate to be hashed out in this space, things that are too intimate, too unresolved, […]

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What We Really Need From Our Pastors

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So often what we want is not really what we need. We want a cheeseburger, but we need a salad. We want to ride off into the sunset bad boy, but we need to grow old with a solid, dependable best friend. We want to run kicking and screaming at the first sign of trouble, […]

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Embracing My Inner Child

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Last week while in Southern California, I went to Disneyland (if you follow me on twitter, this is no surprise. Sorry I got a little carried away with the pictures and commentary) with a big ‘ol crew of friends. All together we had 9 kids and 10 adults. It very easily could have been mass […]

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To a Future That is Wonderfully Unfathomable

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I rang in New Years with six friends who I love like family. Six friends who have invested time and energy into my life. Six friends who inspire me to dream big, love boldly, and live faithfully. Six friends who were not even on my radar this time last year. Yep, that’s right. I wasn’t […]