Uncluttered: Free Your Space, Free Your Schedule, Free Your Soul
08/06/2018
For anyone dreaming a creative dream you fear will never come true, keep at it. … More Uncluttered: Free Your Space, Free Your Schedule, Free Your Soul
Tag: encouragement
10 Ways to Encourage a Friend
06/07/2018
Because we all need a little pick-me-up now and then. 1. Don’t text. Call. Hearing an actual human voice when you’re down can feel like a lifeline. If your friend is introverted, he probably won’t pick up. That’s okay. Leave a message with a boost in it. If you’re calling an extravert, boom, you just made her … More 10 Ways to Encourage a Friend
Fear and Trembling Can Lead the Way * 10 Minute Devotional
06/05/2018
What are you afraid to do? Sometimes fear saves. Our fear of the snake just off the hiking trail, the out-of-control driver in the express lane, the unattended toddler near a swimming pool. But fear can also be an excuse. We can let it hold us back or keep us silent. Fear in its proper … More Fear and Trembling Can Lead the Way * 10 Minute Devotional
A Solitary Pursuit, Together
04/12/2018
How writing (and life) is strengthened in community. … More A Solitary Pursuit, Together
Courage, Dear Heart * 10 Minute Devotional
01/18/2018
I’ve never chosen a “word of the year” before. My blogger friends all seemed to have one: faith, unity, joy, presence. One word for the whole year ahead. Yet it felt odd to me, somehow, to choose a word for the next 365 days. How could I put them into a one-word box so early … More Courage, Dear Heart * 10 Minute Devotional
Building is Hard * 10 Minute Devotional
10/24/2017
My younger son is at the peak of the developmental phase of toddlerhood that looks like this: Take all the folded laundry out of the basket. Unspool all the toilet paper off of the roll. Dump out all of mom’s makeup and then shake/pour/smear out each individual product. Pour the Legos out onto the floor. … More Building is Hard * 10 Minute Devotional
Courtney Ellis 