Connecting When You Think You Might Not {The Grove: Community}
Connection Groups registration will end soon. We have about 40 openings left and don’t want you to miss out on the opportunity to be in a more intimate community with others. You can choose from Skype, Facebook, Facebook Live Chat, and Writing groups, you can find one that is just right for you. While many are […]
Expectations When Connecting
Connection Groups registration is now OPEN! Looking to meet and interact with other women? Now is your chance, with Skype , Facebook, Facebook Live Chat, and Writing groups, you can find one that is just right for you. While many are for “anyone on the field,” there are also groups for moms with adopted children, […]
Connecting Through Pain
This post has my name on it because a blog post isn’t able to list multiple authors. But as you will see, this truly was a group effort. /// I wanted to be part of a Velvet Ashes Connection Group, but not THAT one. Registration had opened a couple of days before, and the only […]
Permission to Connect
Connection. We all long for it. To know. To be known. To understand. To be understood. In times of transition sometimes it is hard to find connections. My family moved overseas for the first time at the end of August to France to learn French. While our kids navigate public middle and high school in […]
When You’re Not Enough for What You Face
I am slowly emerging out of a season, a season that had me scraping bottom. I don’t know what you do when you hit bottom and find you have nothing left, but I turn deeply inward. That’s my personality, and rather than fight how I’m wired, I had to embrace it, to let myself go […]
Welcome to the Table: The Serviette
The Serviette encourages people to share their tables in a way that bridges cultural and religious gaps, shows creativity, and serves others. Julie’s vision both for her blog and for the conversations she initiates with followers from around the world have impacted many. I am one who has been blessed by Julie’s all-encompassing heart and […]
Go Ahead … Invite Yourself Over
I like to think that I am quite the domestic woman, but I really struggled to find my creativity when I moved to SE Asia. I blocked myself from getting on Pinterest because I felt sad that Hobby Lobby was so far away and that the ingredients I was so used to using in comfort […]
Authentic Sharing vs. Whining
I am part of a small group of international coach trainers who affectionately, tongue-in-cheek, call ourselves the Super Heroes of the World. Our purpose is pursuing areas where God is pressing in and to respond by leaning into those places with a deep trust in our Father. We desire to live and lead from the […]
The Commitment to Make When You’re Maxed Out on Commitments
2015 was a tough year for me. After a glorious Home Ministry Assignment the previous year celebrating our son’s graduation from college and recent engagement, I had a hard time returning to THE FIELD. During our time in the US, we felt the love and support of so many people, that I struggled with going […]
Redeeming Facebook through Connection Groups
Remember that “simultaneously tired but exhilarated by the experience and sad it’s over” feeling of getting home from summer camp? The end of camp blues are exactly how I felt about my Spring connection group coming to an end. I’ve mentored two Facebook groups, and both times I’ve come away from them awed by the […]
When Home-Schooled TCKs Feel Lonely – and How You Can Help
Full disclosure: I’m not a homeschooling mum. I’m not even a mum. So why on earth am I writing a post about homeschooling?? I’m glad you asked. I lived in Asia for 11 years, and for most of that time I was a youth worker mentoring and supporting teenagers through international churches. I had the […]
Handing Out The Questions
I was on the plane flying back to the U.S. I floated in and out of napping, daydreaming and glancing at the movie. In six days I was scheduled to give an ‘update’ on my year in Asia. I’d been given one hour. Oh my, one hour. Such face to face moments are precious. I […]