Let Vulnerability Drive Your Meaningful Life

What drives you? As we road tripped across the country this summer, we listened to audio books. Some better than others, and that one narrator who put me to sleep every time... Good thing Dave was driving! Last week we drove from the San Francisco Bay Area to Oregon and back listening to two delicious … Continue reading Let Vulnerability Drive Your Meaningful Life

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

“Just one time.”

At its center, every creative act requires vulnerability. And I am flat-out-on-the-floor humbled that today's guest post writer allowed this simple blog and the invitation to express her creativity to become the vehicle to share a story so vulnerable, so powerful, so raw and real. She says, "God has been prompting me to write my story … Continue reading “Just one time.”

What’s Your Dance Party?

I've been thinking about "YES!" This word, "create," requires saying Yes to life, to invitations, to play, and, sometimes worse, to those things that intimidate or downright scare me. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for saying "NO!" as necessary. I believe in it. Oh baby, YES, we have to say NO! from time to … Continue reading What’s Your Dance Party?