Common-sense grace for the try-hard girl
My calendar is jam-packed. Blergh. I’m not doing anything special—just life. My basic responsibilities shouldn’t be overwhelming, yet, my roles make me anxious. Why do our calendars and basic life responsibilities feel overwhelming? We’ll start with a few questions. What’s really going on in our hearts? Our calendars can get overwhelmed when we feel an […]
I love the fall because it feels like a new beginning. Fall’s a chance to live out what God has placed on my heart. Yet, every year, one thing attitude hijacks my ideal fall. My ideal fall is one where I stay focused on what God has invited me to do and live well in the […]
Another Achiever is Going Rogue! Here’s the story of one of my favorite authors, and a journalism major like yours truly, Jennifer Dukes Lee. Once I read, Love Idol, a book that’s impacted my thinking to this day, I knew you would love her too. She’s on the (in)courage writing team and travels across the USA to […]
“Aren’t we all this tired?” my friend asked. This gorgeous, fabulously-accomplished friend of mine works full-time, has children playing elite sports, and volunteers at school, church, and in her community… and she’s tired. Her question got me thinking: Is this level of tiredness normal and to be accepted? Or is there more going on here? […]
In the past, I’ve made decisions based on two criteria: (1) Do they need me?—which they did because they’re asking; and (2) Can I do it? —which I could technically do because I could find an opening somewhere in my schedule, even if it was every other Thursday for 45 minutes while the girls were […]
A dear friend asked me recently, “What does one do when she realizes that she’s a Martha who really needs to be more of a Mary BUT the world she’s carefully shaped and molded around her, full of high standards and expectations of achievement, requires her to be a Martha?” Her question acknowledged that, while […]
My recent Facebook poll showed that over 60% of women feel their life is either “Pretty busy” or “Moving at warp speed.” Others described their lives as a “tornado” and “unhinged.” The reason for the overwhelm was attributed to doing too much for too many with too little for too long. Friends, according to my […]
Another Achiever is Going Rogue! Here’s the story of author Katie Orr, who is the creator of the five FOCUSed15 Bible study method books. Here’s what I love about Katie: she’s passionate about equipping busy women to experience God daily. She’s a mom of three, wife of pastor-husband Chris, teacher, speaker, podcaster and writer for […]