Category: Goals

  • Living in Chaos — The path of simplicity

    The past few months have been spent digging a little more into the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Lately that has been looking to untangle the complicated life he led so I’ve opened up some books looking at other people trying to track Bonhoeffer’s theological process. And I’m in deep weeds.

  • Rage and emotion

    So many “words” for this year that I see people post on social media. Just. One. Word. I need much more help than that. The deep need of my life calls for deep work. Words that came to me yesterday: “Rage on the page. Keep tears near your heart.” This is what I will work with in these months.

  • The year ahead

    For the first time in years I stayed up to make sure 2020 was really leaving the building. It was a moral victory if nothing else. The new year always marks a new year for me because it’s my birthday.

  • 2 places where my voice will be raised

    There are a couple of areas becoming clear where I will do a bit more writing and start back in podcasting for 2020. I will continue to lend my voice, small as it is, to supporting women in ministry. Leadership. Not just ordaining. Leadership. I will continue to lend my voice, small as it is, to racial justice. There is…

  • My 54th Year

    The beginning of the year. The beginning of a new year for me. I open up my Bible to read Genesis 1 and I come past the title page. On that title page I wrote a quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer and it serves for my life goal in this year of 2020: This, I pray, would be the sum of…

  • Where I find my passions

    I can wake up every day with a driving passion to help my family, my church, and my city thrive.

  • The big 5-0

    In a few days I will be 50. FIFTY. 5-0. 49 has been good. It’s been a great year. Our family has added a daughter-in-law. We also celebrate our first grandson. It’s been a great year. Our church has made a big leap of faith, moving from it’s old facility into a new building and we’re trying to get all…

  • The year of abundance… and hard work

    There are two “words” the Lord dropped into my heart for 2016. ABUNDANCE HARVEST He has given these words for my family and my church. This will be a year of provision. This will be a year of harvest. So much has transitioned in such a short time. For our church, we are out of our old building and into…

  • It’s How You Finish

    “To begin well is good, but it is not enough; it is only those who stay the course and finish the race that have any hope of gaining the prize.” — F.F. Bruce  

  • Discipline

    New year. New “resolutions.” One key thought in making “resolutions” or goals is this: What gets put on a calendar gets done. That isn’t a hard and fast rule, but if you put it on the calendar, you make the commitment. I have to THINK about what is on my calendar. This new year has given me the goal of…