My six-year-old daughter is most definitely an introvert. After a full morning of Vacation Bible School with her self-proclaimed BFF this summer, she was perfectly content to hang out with me downstairs instead of playing Barbies upstairs with her guest and little sister. When I asked why she didn’t go upstairs with them, she told…
Summer will have come and gone by the time anyone reads this. We will have made it through the season of all our family and friends wondering if we are going to visit our hometown, the time of decision-making about whether or not we should take a family vacation, the time of wondering if we…
I first read the term placemaker on Christie Purifoy’s Instagram account. Not long after, she wrote in a blog post, “When I say I am a placemaker, I am speaking of my life purpose, not only a season of life. I am also other things. A writer. A gardener. But for me these roles are…
If there is one word for what I have craved most in my life, I would say it’s connection. Of course, I want to belong, and for years I equated fitting in with belonging. I also believed that my value was only in my beauty or my abilities. I’m glad I was wrong. I’m glad my…
“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend” Proverbs 27:17. (NLT) This verse reminds us to choose friends who make us better and to help shape and influence the people we love. This particular proverb is nestled in with a few others that give advice about several different kinds of relationships. I love…
Two years ago I struggled with feeling disconnected from community. I felt burned out from an extended period of reaching out to others and attempting to establish deeper connections and relationships, specifically within my church. I pulled back from many of my existing relationships in an attempt at self-preservation. I believed I was cutting current…