by Leeana Tankersley | Jun 30, 2012 | Home Page
A few images for you to enjoy . . . a bit of June in Bahrain through my eyes . . . looking at rugs is a favorite pastime . . . a rug shop is like a museum in many ways . . . loved this beauty with its pink, raspberry, plum, salmon . . . rich and yet girly, too. i...
by Leeana Tankersley | Jun 28, 2012 | Home Page
The following gorgeousness arrived in my life this week. Thought I’d share these three pieces of found art that, each in their own way, threw me a lifeline . . . FIRST . . . sent to me from my mother-in-law . . . a beauty from Nouwen: “There is a hole in your being,...
by Leeana Tankersley | Jun 26, 2012 | Home Page
On Sunday, I posted (“portion control”) about our tendency—as humans—to do whatever it takes to secure our own comfort instead of allowing God the time and space necessary to form us. Exhibit A was the Israelites wandering in the desert hoarding manna in their tents...
by Leeana Tankersley | Jun 24, 2012 | Home Page
Times of “soulmaking” are rarely ever convenient. Strike that. Never convenient. Never easy. Never comfortable. Our growth, transformation, becoming all come at a cost. The cost is: our own personal comfort. I HATE that. Triple hate. In Exodus 16, there’s a part of...
by Leeana Tankersley | Jun 21, 2012 | Home Page
Right after Luke and Lane were born—so this was early 2009—I read Kathleen Norris’ Acedia and Me, and it was one of those books that just sat with me like a dear friend. Right words; right time. I wanted to share a passage that has been particularly helpful to me....