One of my favorite songs is Colbie Caillat’s Try. It is such a beautiful picture of the way we try so hard to be all things to all people – especially as we look at beauty. (more on beauty in a brief book review below) But I think it applies to all things in life. […]
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 […]
We’re Taking a Summer Sabbatical {I’m at
Today you can find me over at The Redbud Post, the monthly magazine published by the Redbud Writer’s Guild which I am blessed to be part of. This month’s edition “Best Summer Ever: Reflections on Parenting and Summer” will arrive in inbox’s tomorrow if you subscribe here or you can read all of the content from the […]
New Book :: “Holidays for the Hurting” b
The holidays stir up all the feelings. Hope. Joy. Nostalgia. Perhaps nausea? The truth is for many December is the hardest month of the year for many individuals and families. At this time our hearts especially hurt for the loved ones who are missing around the table. The stress of the season can cause us […]
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 […]
Day 6 :: Joshua & Judges {Rest & Rebelli
“Be strong and courageous.” These words of the LORD to Joshua rang in my heart this year as we made the Big Move “back home” from Colorado to Minnesota. I have experienced extreme ambivalence about this move. One half of me is ecstatic to be here. I love being near my parents and a couple […]
Sabbath :: God of Rest
By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. – Genesis 2:2-3 I’m doing […]
When Your Monday Feels Like a Wednesday
It’s Monday, and it feels like a Wednesday. It was a hard weekend. Tim was on a men’s “retreat,” so I was alone with the kids. And, I was grieving. So, though I woke up this morning feeling ready to go, I am now done. Have you had those Mondays? When, though you get started […]