• Serving, Leading

    Leading through “What If”

    What if all my years in advertising agency management don’t belong in a box that I put on a shelf as I embark on this new journey of writing+God+women+growing? All those years of training in how people from myriad starting points can travel toward a beautiful new destination…    Shouldn’t I assume that those skills are exactly the tools I need…

  • Our Kids, Our Family

    Shoes Talking

    Recently, Steve and I hosted the middle school’s Wyldlife Club gathering in our home.  It was so fun and easy – we just had to feed the [fabulous] leaders and then stay very invisible.  Got it.  We kept ourselves out of sight during the entire 4.5 minutes that 50 kids arrived and scurried to the downstairs family room. Once the…

  • Living Vertically,  Serving, Leading,  The Mystery of Marriage,  The Story

    Living Vertically

    Every day we get another chance to adjust our settings; turn the dials of our vision, our focus, our intention, our daily starting point. When we are overly focused (read: obsessed) on the person-to-person interactions, we are choosing to live horizontally. This often results in serious side-effects: frustrations, worries, expectations and, on good days certainly, even delightful joy and thrilling…