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Sep 26

A stranger took this photo when I was at the Van Gogh exhibit recently. Then (somehow not creepily?!) asked if I wanted it.And since I am a big believer in incomplete success, the answer was yes, ma’am. This is exactly my style.

Sep 25

A Blessing for When Things Don't Add Up
From the latest Podcast Episode with @arthurcbrooksBlessed are you who say:
This did not add up.
I had hoped these choices I made,
the life I tried so hard to pick,
would add up to something
Meaningful.But now I’m left without many choices at all. Left wondering… did I pick right?
Did I waste my days?
What should I have done differently? This limited life is what it means to be human. In our failures and bad, bad math.
In our best intentions and hardest work,
In our waylaid hopes and far off dreams. In the love that is never ever too late to give or receive.Maybe ‘success’ and ‘happiness’ can mean something different now.
On the other side of a life changed. Where minutes become moments.
And there will never be enough
sunsets or handholds or jokes shared.but there is never ever too much love. Listen to my full conversation with Randy wherever you get your podcasts. Just search 'EVERYTHING HAPPENS.'

Sep 23

Some people just keep diaries I guess? 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🐰

Sep 21

Bless all of us with our great, big, dumb hearts. ❤ Tag a big-hearted person in your life.🎨: @dianaweymar for @tinypricksproject

Sep 20

@ArthurcBrooks was a professional musician who spent his twenties touring all over the world. Until one day, he stopped being able to hit all the notes. He had to reinvent himself entirely, and wonder… what does happiness look like after I lose the career I had worked so hard for? His wife gave him the best reminder. A little nudge that maybe we could all use today.Listen to my conversation with Dr. Arthur C. Brooks. Search ‘EVERYTHING HAPPENS’ wherever you get your podcasts.

Sep 19

Me at every restaurant: “That looks gross. I’ll take it.”What is most surprising thing you ended up liking? Here I’m contemplating the drawbacks of plate-sized oysters.

Sep 18

A blessing for when faith breaks your heart
from my latest podcast conversation with Dr. Randall Balmer.Blessed are you standing among the ruins of a faith
that once felt so sturdy,
now turned to dust under your feet. The certainty you once had, gone.
The community you loved, dissipated.
The hope you held dear, hard to find. Instead, what’s taken up residence
is the very stuff that seems counter
to what you imagined:
Disappointment. Doubt. Disillusionment. Despair. In this new landscape, may you practice the courage to find the others
who make space for your questions without easy answers,who celebrate doubt when it makes room for more faith,
who search high and low for a defiant hope born amidst despair. Bless you, dear one. You who don’t give up wrestling.
who have eyes to see something new being rebuilt on top of what was. Blessed are you who walk away wounded, yes. But changed.Listen to my full conversation with Randy wherever you get your podcasts. Just search 'EVERYTHING HAPPENS.'

Sep 16

Blessed are we, the changed.

Sep 14

My sister said this to me on a particularly difficult day.In case you feel like you are fading, I promise….You are right here. 💓🎨: @dianaweymar for @tinypricksproject

Sep 13

How do we pass down a faith with so much baggage?On this week’s episode of EVERYTHING HAPPENS, I’m bringing you into the classroom. Mine. I’m speaking with my own professor (love him!) who is an expert in the history of evangelicalism.Look, he’s not just a “oh I wrote a book” expert. He has written a bazillion books. He was born and raised in the evangelical tradition. And he even had a tv show about it. Dr. Randy Balmer is the son of a famous evangelical preacher, a scholar of religious history at Dartmouth, and also an episcopal priest. And he has a lot to say about when the faith you knew starts to break your heart.He is who I went to when I wanted answers. You’ll love his incredible brain and his courage.Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Just search EVERYTHING HAPPENS or click on the link in my bio.

Sep 12

My grandma in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, had a bedroom painted like this and I used to sleep in it thinking, yeah, she’s a pretty groovy lady.What trend would you bring back? I’m going full wood paneled basements if you let me.

Sep 11

A blessing for when you're different now
From the latest podcast episode with @ibramxkBlessed are you, dear one, when the world around you has changed.Everything is different now,
your body, your age, your relationships, your job, your faith.The things that once brought you joy.
The way you existed in the world.
The people you love and trust and rely on.Things have changed and it would be silly to imagine you haven't changed with them.
You are not who you once were.Bless that old self,
they did such a good job with what they knew.
They made you who you were,
all the mistakes and heartbreak and naiveté and courage.And blessed are who you are now,
you who aren't pretending things are the same,
who continue to grow and stretch and show up to your life as it really is:
wholehearted, vulnerable, maybe a little afraid.
So blessed are we, the changed.Listen to the full episodes wherever you get your podcasts.

Sep 9

Validate my feelings and I will love you forever.What words have offered you comfort during difficult seasons?

Sep 8

Queen Elizabeth, bless you. And also, thank you for the barbie.

Sep 7

May it be so.

Sep 6

I lucked into becoming friends with Dr. Ibram Kendi, author of “How To Be An Anti-Racist,” after we had too much in common: Stage IV colon cancer at age 35. No history of the disease in our families. Little ones at home. Professions we love. Scars we now have that reveal the evidence that we have lived.He’s not someone you have to convince that life is fragile. Here @ibramxk talks about scars and courage. You’re going to love this conversation.Listen to our full conversation wherever you get your podcasts. Just search 'EVERYTHING HAPPENS' or click on the link in my bio.

Sep 5

Did God really "need an angel"?

Sep 4

A blessing for when you wake up tired (again, today)God, it’s morning and I’m already tired.This is the kind of tiredness that muffles promise in a day,
cluttering it with the messes of the past
and the unfilled hopes of the future.Blessed are we who say,
God, I know that there is goodness and love and beauty somewhere.
It calls, but from beyond my reach.God, help me.
Sit me down and give me faith like a weighted blanket.
Settle me until each breath, each sigh
can release into your hands
all that is beyond my ability to fix or change or even understand.Blessed are we
when a new and peaceful path opens
to take the rest that we need
and do the small thing that is possible
with the little that we have
even today.

Sep 2

If hugging is your gift, congratulations. You are my favorite kind of person.Just your presence. No magic words. Thank you. 🥰

Sep 1

A Blessing for Gratitude

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