by Leeana Tankersley | Oct 25, 2010 | Home Page
Last night, I read a beautiful chapter from Kathleen Norris’ (poet turned memoirist) The Cloister Walk, a memoir of her time in residence at St. John’s Abbey in Minnesota, living thoroughly within the monastic tradition. In the piece I was reading, Norris had been...
by Leeana Tankersley | Oct 18, 2010 | Home Page
In addition to my own blog, I guest blog for a couple of military support sites that provide amazing resources for military families and spouses. I always like to provide a link when one of my piece’s posts because I want you to know sites like these exist in...
by Leeana Tankersley | Oct 14, 2010 | Home Page
I began tweeting this week. On Tuesday, to be exact. After months and months of tweeter-tottering, I jumped into the madness. For too long, I’ve been methodically rehearsing all the reasons why Twitter just isn’t something I can commit to, isn’t something I can...
by Leeana Tankersley | Oct 8, 2010 | Home Page
Two days ago, I got an email in my inbox from Donald Miller. You know, an email newsletter sort of thing from his people. Sometimes I read them. Sometimes I don’t. For some reason, I read this one, and it kind of blew me away. If you’ve read A Million...
by Leeana Tankersley | Oct 5, 2010 | Home Page
On Sunday, my pastor spoke on Ephesians 2:11-22, a beautiful passage about belonging. I think we can all relate to that feeling of outsider-ness, and that deep desire to belong to something, to be included, and known, to have a place. I’m not sure exactly what you’re...