We try to make up for our imperfections by striving. Trying to prove we aren’t as bad as we seem.
Or we do the opposite and freeze in the belief we aren’t capable so we embrace their failures and don’t risk trying anymore.
There is a third way…
13 Ways to get 13 Minutes to Yourself
Are you an introvert? Do you have children? Have you considered hiding from your kids just to get some alone time? We are 2/3 of the way through the summer and I am beginning to go a little crazy with all of the together time. My mom took the boys to the cabin last night […]
Listen to my MOPS talk “Self-Care is Sou
We are in a busy season, here in the Everson household. Packed in a way I could not have envisioned a year ago. At the end of September/beginning of October I staffed a weekend for Women’s Walk with Christ in North Carolina. Then Tim staffed a Marked Men for Christ weekend in Colorado. In between […]
What I Learned when I Stopped Striving :...
On June 24th I stepped away from this space, because I needed a sabbatical rest. I thought I would be resting from the rat race of trying to be get ahead, be successful, achieving… something. But that was part of the problem. I didn’t know why I was trying to achieve anything. I didn’t know […]
An Atypical Morning with Spiderman
This morning was fairly normal in that nothing went according to my plan. It began when I slept in because Night Owl Leah thought Morning Leah would be fine with less sleep. She was wrong. While getting Ben dressed for preschool, I felt rushed and a bit of shame, because we’re always late. I pulled his […]
An Audacious Invitation to Hope {Christm...
My Dear Friends, I have been absent from this website far more than I expected this season and the reason is simple: I need to be. I want to write and produce and perform; I need to abide in love. I want to be superwoman, solve all the problems, and fix all the hurts; I […]
What My Anger Says About Me {And What I’
You guys, I’m spent. The voice of shame inside of me says, “You can’t write right now. You have nothing to offer anyone else when you are angry.” Because yes, I am angry. And I’m often angry. I confessed this to my husband the other night and he point blank said, “I know.” Today it’s […]
Self Care is Soul Care :: The Spiritual ...
A couple of years ago, a woman from our church asked a good question on Facebook: Shouldn’t we be less focused on self care and more focused on soul care? There were resounding yeses from other Christians. I had just finished the curriculum for our Spiritual Disciplines class at the Scum Study Center and had […]
Rest with Me :: An Invitation
Hello Dear Friends, October is over and so is the official #Write31Days challenge. I have been trying to decide what to do with Discovering God in the Old Testament. I have bounced around a lot of ideas including 1)plow right through until I’m done 2) write a weekly Old Testament post and a weekly post […]
The first promise of God for us: Rest
It’s been one of those weeks. My son nearly dumped our entire table at Chick-fil-A yesterday. Instead “only” 2 full drinks were knocked over. Followed by chicken nuggets. The dog keeps finding junk left by the previous owner of our house hidden behind and under the shed. (Three bags of left over carpet. Three. Dragged all […]