Category: Life + Self

  • 2015 Year in Review: Did I Create?

    2015 Year in Review: Did I Create?

    My word for 2015 was CREATE. I set out to stop putting off my side-hustle and start working hard on what mattered to me: creating rather than consuming. I had big plans to finish a novel, but my real goal that I really only ever said out loud to myself was that I was going to…

  • A Song of Joy & Sadness on The First Christmas

    A Song of Joy & Sadness on The First Christmas

      That first Christmas, there was joy. There was wonder and awe and salvation. There was also sadness. Christ’s coming meant peace on Earth, but it was not immediate. That first Christmas also held devastation. Mary’s joy was the joy of a new mother, a joy made infinitely more full as the mother of the Christ…

  • What’s Making Me Smile Lately

    What’s Making Me Smile Lately

    December is crazy, and the last six months have been, too. I’m taking a minute to re-listen, re-read, and remember some favorites from the past few months.  I’ve been listening to Ásgeir’s Tiny Desk performance for months now. I love this article from Let Why Lead about how to find a photographer that fits your…