Category: create

Create Challenge Top 10

During 2016 I invited people I admire for a host of reasons to guest post on Miracles in the Mundane. The topic: creativity. Wednesday became one of my favorite days of the week for having the opportunity to share their stories of creativity, expressed in as many ways as individuals: writing, painting, poetry, business, and relationships. … Continue reading Create Challenge Top 10

2016 Create Challenge & (Re)Discovering My POV

Just about a year ago, my brother-in-law and I discussed creativity as we washed Christmas china. We hatched a plan to invite people to post on my blog about creativity. As a result, this year 39 people have guest-posted, one friend 2x, and I have been moved, inspired, blessed. Throughout this year, I have heard two … Continue reading 2016 Create Challenge & (Re)Discovering My POV

So Many Words

Some days I feel crazy, like the words are eating me from the inside out. I haven’t written in a few days, haven’t had even a spare minute to grab the computer. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing. I just haven’t gotten the words down on screen/paper. The words don’t stop. They don't … Continue reading So Many Words

Creating a Written History

For all the crazy social media hoists onto our lives, it can also create sweet connections. Today's guest writer and I attended the same college for a couple of years before life took us in different directions. But Facebook, and then blogging, allowed us to reconnect as friends and mothers and women making sense of life through … Continue reading Creating a Written History

Creating Trust

As we head into the holiday season, many of us anticipate time with family and extended family... Cue the emotions! While today's post isn't about holidays, it is about trusting God with our families in life's everyday moments and the brutal no-one-wants-that-news time-suspending experiences. It serves as a good reminder to never take life--and the people who … Continue reading Creating Trust

Remember, Forget, Imagine, Hope

As we approach the end of the year and the end of this guest post series, I feel reflective and overwhelmed at the talented people who surround my life. Sarah is one of those people (as you're about to see if you don't already know her). We are co-workers and friends; she leads me in … Continue reading Remember, Forget, Imagine, Hope

Meatless Monday – Greek Veggie Burgers

Due to computer issues and the resulting several computer-less weeks, I have a back-log of Create Challenge posts to share. So what a joy that one friend wrote about creating food and was willing to share a Meatless Monday--and gluten-free to boot--recipe with us today! I didn't know how passionately Sara feels about food, and so … Continue reading Meatless Monday – Greek Veggie Burgers

Embroidery

Today's post resonates in my creative soul. During a recent conversation about creativity I heard myself say, "I need a hobby that is not also my job." I write for work, I write for my blog, and I write for my sanity. And sometimes, I just need to slam the computer shut. Which doesn't stunt my urge to create, however. … Continue reading Embroidery

What I Didn’t Pack

Today's guest post comes from a dear friend. Guy and I were in a church Community Group with Brad and his wife Shawn; for many years we and another few couples met regularly to discuss God's Word and pray together. We also shared a lot of life, good food and drink, service and outreach, and knit ourselves … Continue reading What I Didn’t Pack

Creating & Making

I met today's guest post author when my friend (her mother-in-law) hosted a gathering for people to learn about her family's exciting new oversees adventure in Indonesia. Over the few times we've shared together since--at church, over meals, at St. Mary's College basketball games--I have been impressed with how openly she shares her heart, her faith, her laughter, her … Continue reading Creating & Making