Dust Off Your Highest Hopes

After the chaos that was 2020 and the blur that was 2021, I don’t think anyone wants to claim 2022 as their year. For many of us, the last two years have been challenging. We threw our planners and habit trackers and goal sheets to the wild winds, wishing for better days as pages ofContinue reading “Dust Off Your Highest Hopes”

The Gravity of Gratitude

Thanksgiving is one of our most pressing tasks as Christians– no, not the day where we eat turkey (or the creative vegan options out there) and catch up with family we’ve missed all year long, while we answer awkward questions about our current relationship status. I mean giving thanks to God for what he hasContinue reading “The Gravity of Gratitude”

What Are We Pouring In?

A coffee shop on a crisp fall day is a perfect place to be. The comfy, worn chairs say “this is a place where people are at home.” The smell of espresso says “something delicious is brewing.” I order my usual and watch, mesmerized, as the barista makes a perfect latte heart, with just aContinue reading “What Are We Pouring In?”

Life Worthy of the Call

With a twist, I tighten the screws that hold my canvas to my easel. I loosen the lid on my jar of gesso; it crackles where the canvas-prepping substance has dried around the rim, sitting outside in the Charleston heat. I grab my biggest brush, dip it into the white gel, and begin spreading itContinue reading “Life Worthy of the Call”

People Pleasing: Poignant or Pointless?

Can y’all relate to feeling bummed out when runners don’t “Good Morning!” you back on your daily jog? Does it make you a little crushed when people don’t quite get your jokes? Do you have this need for everyone around you to like you? Then you and I are probably a lot alike. Like comedianContinue reading “People Pleasing: Poignant or Pointless?”