Last weekend, I did something I don’t do often but wish I did more – I went away with the ladies in my church to a retreat center in Pennsylvania. Without kids. (All the mothers in the house said ‘Amen!’). Our church’s women’s ministry team did a fabulous job of putting the retreat together. The… Continue reading The Local Church: A Place to Belong
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Gardening for Grudges
I bent over my garden, pulling a hundred tiny weeds that seemed to have erupted over night. After about 20 minutes of weeding, I looked over the patch of dirt in amazement at how many weeds still remained. “How is this possible?!” I thought. It’s easy to see a little weed in the garden and… Continue reading Gardening for Grudges
Progress Not Perfection
Confession: I am a recovering perfectionist. That’s why, when I was at my friend Molly’s house last week and saw a little note on the board in her kitchen that read, “Progress Not Perfection,” I smiled with delight and said to myself, “I have to remember this!” When I came home, I printed out a… Continue reading Progress Not Perfection