Category: Living

Life is hard. And full. And awesome. Live it.

  • Afraid — fear of change is still fear

    Afraid — fear of change is still fear

    Over and over again, Jesus tells us to not be afraid. So why is it that we insist on using fear as a justification?

  • You are what you read

    You are what you read

    Regularly engaging in outrage on social media writes outrage into our lives. Who we are online is who we are.

  • When someone cheats

    When someone cheats

    The thing about playing a game with someone who is cheating is that we feel trapped. But there are things we can do.

  • I finally realized the secret to bullet journaling

    I finally realized the secret to bullet journaling

    The trusty to-do list. Necessary. And the bane of my existence. I had been looking at it wrong the whole time.

  • Trust

    Trust

    The secret ingredient of love: trust. Choosing to trust. Being trusted; and trustworthy. This is all actually required for love.

  • We don’t have to be this way

    We don’t have to be this way

    The thing about choice is that we have one. The thing about experience is that we often pretend that we don’t.

  • Drying my shirts

    Drying my shirts

    What two decades of doing laundry one way and then taking a chance on doing it differently taught me about change.

  • The Week

    The Week

    Why does the week start so well and end with such a sense of failure and missed opportunity? And why does this happen every time?