Why Connection Matters More than Connection Groups
You have been there. I know this without us ever discussing it. The maddening frustration of a poor Skype connection. What? I’m sorry, I missed that. You said something about Jason? I think I missed every other word. Static. What? What? ARGHHHHH. So why do we still do it? Because connection matters. There is a world of difference […]
Throwing Caution to the Wind as I Connect to Myself, the Father and the Unknown
At the beginning of 2016, I completely disconnected from my normal life in South Africa. I packed up my apartment, resigned from my job as a veterinary nurse, threw caution to the wind and left for England. Now, it is almost a year later, and I am summing up the courage to throw even more […]
Having People Around is Not the Same As Connecting
Discouragement and isolation. Those are two of the tools I’ve seen used against us most often while serving overseas. Or serving anywhere for that matter. Battling discouragement on your own can be a bit easier than warring with isolation by yourself. You can meditate on passages in the scripture that lift your spirits. You can […]
When You Don’t Feel Safe or Accepted
I had the pleasure of being both a member of a Velvet Ashes Connection Group last fall and being a Group Mentor this spring. I remember how God used the experience of my fall leader to impact one of our group members in a big way. He aligned our leader’s history of a tragic event in her […]
I Tend To Be Guarded and Wasn’t Sure How THIS Would Go
Moving cross-culturally has been the biggest challenge of my life and the hardest part of that challenge has been finding women I can connect with who understand the life I’m living. My husband and I live on a small campus, surrounded by people. We are so blessed with our location and the people we interact […]