by Sarah Bond | Oct 7, 2019 | Courage, Cultivate
What does discontent mean to you? Is it an impulse to be ignored, or perhaps a friend to be welcomed and led into your living room? I’d love to sit with you for a bit to share with you my newly expanding awareness of and friendship with discontent. But first, a quick...
by Jan Kern | Jan 14, 2017 | Deepen
Sometimes, maybe more than sometimes, we feel stuck. Could it be that it’s exactly the right place for us to be? I know, how could I say that? It’s not comfortable. It’s frustrating and disheartening. It messes with our emotions and desires and where we thought we...
by Sarah Bond | Oct 7, 2016 | Cultivate
“My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.” ―Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your...
by Jan Kern | Sep 25, 2016 | Cultivate
It doesn’t matter our age or season of life, a sense of being stopped, stuck, or standing still can hit us at anytime and hard. We’re not sure what to do with it. More questions than answers swirl through our days. A way forward seems caught in the shadows of...
by Sarah Bond | Aug 12, 2016 | Courage, Voice
“When I thought, ‘my foot slips,’ your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul . . . The Lord has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.” Psalm 94:18-22 (ESV) I’ve been quiet on the blog...
