A Toast on My Husband’s Birthday

My husband’s birthday was last Saturday. I had almost pulled off a half-surprise party for him on Friday night when one of the boys came down with a 101 fever. I think I was more bummed about that than he was. If we had a big party and I got to raise my glass and […]

About International Women’s Day

Yesterday, when I saw on Instagram that it was International Women’s Day, I thought about what that means to me for a while. I grew up very conservative. I knew that if I went to Facebook I would see posts from people I knew about how women didn’t need a day (or a protest or […]

Getting A Vision

My office belongings are currently in our front hallway. There are stacks of books and Justin’s bag of basketballs. There’s a rolled-up rug draped on top of the speaker, artwork leaning against the wall and shelves stacked in the corner. My notebooks and mugs of pens and books that I keep close lay neatly in […]

Episode 92: How Transformation Happens

It’s Lisa this week with a solo episode. She discusses her tendency on Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies. (Find yours here!) She’s a questioner. She likes to ask questions and if there’s a good reason, she’ll be on board with almost anything. This episode breaks down the intersection of why we should read our Bibles and […]

Going into Battle: Monday is a Good Day

There are certain things about life I don’t particularly enjoy. Oh, you want a list? Ok. Babies not sleeping through the night. Having the contents of an entire room in the hallway. A pile of laundry in the boys’ room waiting to be folded. Crumbs under the table. Runny noses. Guess what? Every single one […]

Episode 91: You Are a Leader

For this podcast episode we are defining leadership as “a conscious stewardship of influence.” (This is not a discussion about women in leadership positions in church.) We all know men and women who are have led others in discipleship and how they have lived without having a position or a platform or a title. How […]

Leave It All on the Court: My Current Approach to Life

There were buzzers sounding and whistles blowing all over the gym. At least two other volleyball games were going on and two basketball games were being played on the other side of the gym and we were gathered in a smelly huddle, arms around each other’s shoulders. Our head coach looked at the girls as […]