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A Team, A Clan, A Tribe.

I sit, staring at the faces on my computer screen. There are 400 of them, to be exact. I know just a handful of them personally, and have met...

32 Tips from a Woman over 50

A while back, I shared 30 things a woman turning 30 could learn from a woman over 50. It was a birthday gift to my friend, Sarah (who lives...

I Will Be That Person.

“How I forgot to be who God had planned for me to be – and my struggle back to reality.” The words are written at the beginning of a...

Doodling Dreams with Strangers.

I love dreaming. I really love dreaming those “holy wow – really?” dreams that feel a whole lot more like incredible imagination and a whole lot less like a...

It’s Not About the Starting.

I got the email on Monday. And I’m now part of the Start Experiment. To be perfectly honest, I’m not sure exactly what that means. Some people in the...

The Fulcrum of Belief.

The words from Psalm 139 hung in the stillness of the air – and in my heart. I felt the tension as I held up a hand-painted coffee cup....

I Need to be Reminded.

There are days I need to be reminded. Days like today. As this world plays its crazy game of Crack the Whip – with you and I holding on...

I Worry about the Pretty.

I am a marketer – a maker of pretty things, a teller of pretty stories, a designer of fancy titles and compelling pictures and such. I’ve been a marketing...

The Real Milestones

 Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved....

Hush. There’s Hope.

The windows are open, filling the room with sweet spring green beauty and the symphony of birds. There is a hush to this day. And then sirens in the...
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