showing up

I’m always inspired by the part in On Writing when Stephen King talks about how he got Carrie, his first novel, written. He was living in a double wide with his wife and his first child, working two fairly unsavory jobs to make ends meet. While the rest of his...

fantasies and the fog

Incredibly honored to share the following post on Rachel Held Evans’ blog today. Rachel is an amazing thinker, writer, and voice. Check her out at rachelheldevans.com. She asked me to write on “faith and parenting” for a series she’s doing on...

7 ideas to order our lives for inspiration

Have loved talking inspiration with you this week! I hope even just one phrase or idea or reminder has burrowed its way into your soul, so that you feel encouraged to go about this vital business of filling up. So HOW do we find the time to go in search of...

battling the enemies of inspiration

This is part II of a little mini-series on inspiration. You can see the first post here. You can also just jump in with this post. I wrote previously that when I’m feeling empty, I try to go about filling up again. One way I do this is by seeking out inspiration....

inspiration

I thought we’d talk about INSPIRATION on the blog this week. So look for a few posts that follow this theme. Like me, many of you resonated with the anne lamott-ism I shared in a recent post: “sometimes you’re not blocked, you’re empty.” For all of us who are desiring...