Hold Sacred the Opportunity to Apologize

Recently a friend of mine started working through a difficult grief journey, and she sent me an episode from The Place We Find Ourselves that she thought would help the process. I was happy to listen to it to help her, but as the episode progressed, I was deeply impacted and remember thinking, “I was…

My Love-Hate Relationship with Love Languages

For many years, I refused to read the book The Five Love Languages. The very phrase irked me. I never stopped to contemplate why, but every time someone told me their love language, I internally rolled my eyes…

Gluttony: Repentance, Relapse, and Resolution (Part 2)

You can read the first part of this post here. Pregnancy and Stress Listen, my son, and be wise,     and set your heart on the right path: Do not join those who drink too much wine     or gorge themselves on meat, or drunkards and gluttons become poor,     and drowsiness clothes them in rags. Proverbs 23:19-21…

Harnessing the Power of Consistency

In multiple areas recently, I have felt overwhelmed with the amount of work that I needed to do and had several goals that I wanted to accomplish immediately. With everything going on in life, it seemed like I would never get them done. But I am slowly and surely learning the power of doing small amounts of a large task consistently each day.