Being Willing to Get Courageously Messy

Being Willing to Get Courageously Messy What will these next few weeks and months hold for each of us? Really none of us knows. But instead of leaving it all to happenstance (hmm…a word I rarely use), why not invest in something exceedingly important. Bumping that up...

Thriving Patterns

Have you ever heard of or read the book, Patterns of High Performance: Discovering the Ways People Work Best, by Jerry Fletcher? I first ran across it 8 years ago in a coaching course at Western Seminary in San Jose, CA. This book explores the premise that we each...

Together We are Creators of Beauty

Be a creator of beauty. This was a surprising statement that surfaced as I interacted with a coaching tool with its lines and columns and places to mark an X. Designed to highlight our current desired focuses and life intentions, it helped me to see the possibilities,...

A Come As You Are Hospitality

It’s a joy to welcome Faith Gibson as our guest blogger this week. We hope you enjoy her heartfelt words as she shares a story of learning about authentic hospitality, a come-as-you-are openness to embrace others as they are that we too can bring graciously into...

On Saying Goodbye

We’re delighted to have Shelby Jones join us as our guest blogger today. She shares with us insight, prompted by an unexpected source, on saying goodbye to those special people that have deeply impacted us in some way. We know you’ll enjoy her honest look at how...