Getting the Web of Support You Need
It’s great when research confirms what we kinda knew (or might have guessed already) but I love it more when research reveals some surprising and counter-intuitive findings.
Archive October 14, 2010
How to Accomplish More by Doing Less
If you’re like me, you spent time during the holidays thinking (and hopefully praying) about goals for 2012.
Hardworking Sloths: Disguising Spiritual Laziness
Like you, I’m a busy person. But as my husband and our FYI team would tell you, this seems to be an even more busy season than normal.
Eugene Peterson Quotes and Insights
I’ve long been a fan of Eugene Peterson. While he is best known for authoring The Message, he’s been saying and writing wise words about life, leadership, and God long before that.
Awakening to Active-Contemplative Spiritual Practices
Phileena Heuertz isn’t the first writer to liken the Christian life to the journey of waking from sleepfulness. The idea that spiritual practices help us wake up and become fully alive to the life God has for us is an ancient one.
Sleep It Off
Sleep is more important than food.
Maintaining Relational Presence in a Technological World
Becoming Aware
A shovel, a mirror, and a tray.
Recently I stood before a classroom of parents with these rudimentary objects. The shovel, mirror, and tray presented stark contrasts to the technological tools I was trying to help parents view …
Be Quiet
It’s Friday. If your life is anything like mine, today, tomorrow, and the next day are going to be filled with anything but quiet.
Silence and Solitude New Yoke Series, Pt 4
The fourth and final resource in this series on soul care challenges us to carve out space to be quiet and still.
Managing Your Energy
I feel like tomorrow’s kickoff of the National Youth Workers Convention starts my most busy two months of the year with a host of speaking engagements and travel.