Lent is the 40 days between Ash Wednesday & Good Friday (not counting Sundays). The 40 days represent both Moses time on the mountain top and Jesus' days in the wilderness withstanding Satan's temptations. After 2020, I think we all have a better understanding of what the wilderness is. A time and space where things [...]
Category: Faith
Wear it Wednesday | Faith, Fashion, and Creation Care
Creation Care ought be innate to being Christian, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Choosing to care for the earth and living being mindful is seen as hippie and defiantly not mainstream. Over the years, I’ve found small ways to be more mindful, minimize waste, and reduce our energy consumption. Being mindful begins [...]
Mindfulness | Speaking to Ourselves
If you loved the movie Bambi as much as I did when I was little, then you'll recognize this, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." Thumper's momma knew what was up, speaking negatively hurts those around us. But speaking negatively to ourselves only hurts us. While I may have taken [...]
Lent 2020
While not all Christian traditions do much to celebrate the season of Lent, our church does. I very much look forward to Lent each year with the same anticipation as I do for Advent. With so much happening already in 2020, I'm looking forward to some time to refocus this Lent. What is Lent? Lent [...]
Mindfulness | Biblical Affirmations
I am a believer in affirmations. When we lived in California I did a one day job as a personal assistant to a business coach from San Francisco and she asked me what I ultimately wanted to do. I said work from home. She then told me to mediate on that ask for it from [...]
Book Review | Made For This by Jennie Allen
Disclosure: I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher. All opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links. By purchasing through the links on my blog I receive a small compensation at no additional cost to you. For Lent this year, I’ve been working through Jennie Allen’s Made for This 40 [...]
Women’s Retreat @ RMMC 2019
This is such a strange time, self care is both encouraged by society but not so much that it becomes the only thing on your mind. It’s emotional, physical, and spiritual. Some Christians downright don’t like it as it comes across to them as selfish and indulgent. In case you haven’t heard, my husband suffers [...]
Lent 2019
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, which means lent season is here. For those of you unfamiliar with lent it is the 40 days (minus Sundays) leading to Easter Sunday. It’s common practice to ‘give up’ something for lent, for the last several years I’ve made it a practice to do more during lent. Give to those [...]
Finished Reading: Beating Guns by Shane Claiborne & Michael Martin
I want to preface this post with the following facts: I grew up in Texas, my grandfather was a member of the NRA, and I’ve never held a gun in my life. Beating Guns is a collaborative book written by Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin. Mike attends our church here in Colorado Springs & founded [...]
Finished Reading | Taste and See by Margaret Feinberg
I am not a foodie. I do love to eat but I don’t make amazing yummy food for the eye and for the stomach. I do on occasion read cookbooks, weird I know but it’s oddly satisfying. Try it some time. In case we haven’t met before, I take book recommendations from IG friends and [...]
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