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June Desktop Wallpaper {& Other Thoughts}

Happy June, friends! I can’t believe we’re almost halfway through 2011.  It’s true what “they” say…the days are long, but the years are short! Boy, is this truth hitting home as I examine the incredible length of my little’s ones legs today and tuck away more clothes that are suddenly too small for their growing bods.  It’s astounding.  Wasn’t I… Read More

Daily Life, Designs, Desktop Wallpaper

Mother’s Day Thoughts & May Desktop Wallpaper

I love being a mum! On most days, that is. One of the greatest gifts I’ve been given in life, is the example my own mother fleshed out. In her extravagant love for my father, her unconditional love for their 4 crazy girls, and her authentic love for her God. In thinking about this day, set apart for honoring and… Read More

Designs, Desktop Wallpaper, Motherhood

April Desktop Wallpaper

The snow that has blanketed our back yard for the past week is {finally} starting to melt and I am practically giddy at the fact that April has arrived. While March boasts the first “official” day of Spring…April holds a considerably larger proportion of warm days to chilly.  And that makes my heart sing! Bring on the April showers…the May… Read More

Designs, Desktop Wallpaper

Getting Fresh {Desktop Wallpaper}

I don’t know about you, but I can feel Spring in my bones! It’s calling my name in it’s signature, lilting fashion. Wooing me. I think Spring sounds like rain.  The non-freezing kind.  And a little like a duet between Michael Buble and Colbie Caillat would sound. With the sound of defrosted birds chirping randomly in the background. And while… Read More

Designs, Desktop Wallpaper

Happy Month of Love {Desktop Wallpaper}

Seeing there’s nothing quite like cutting out paper hearts, rimming them with sprinkles, sticking them in the snow and photographing them {what?  You don’t do that?!?) in the name of February fever, I thought I’d share the love… Just choose the size {below} that works best for your computer, download and save it, right click it and make it your… Read More

Designs, Desktop Wallpaper

Happy NEW Year {Wallpaper for you}

Here’s a little New Year’s prezzie for you…desktop wallpaper for January 2011! {insert wild applause here} For large {1680 x 1050 pixels}, click here For small {1280 x 800 pixels}, click here Voila!  Pretty computer. Now go make yourself some pretty little Sugar Cookies… Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder 1/2 teaspoon of salt… Read More

Designs, Desktop Wallpaper

Christmas {Desktop} Wallpaper: For You!

I’ve been itching to create my own spiffy wallpaper for months now…and seeing it’s Christmas and the sharing vibe is surging strong through the air…I finally gave it a whirl and wanted to share my first ever with you! Aren’t I sweet?  {just smile and nod} Simply select the size you want, click on the link, right-click on it to… Read More

Designs, Desktop Wallpaper, Quotes and Scriptures

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How's your internal monologue? Be brutally honest How's your internal monologue?
Be brutally honest here.

Are you actually kind to yourself?
Do you practice curiosity + compassion
when your emotions + responses catch you
off guard and feel oversized for the occasion?

Are you patient and gracious with your soul's
long + messy journey of growth and healing?

Are you gentle with your heart when you mess up?
Or, do you instantly shift to shaming + blaming?

Is self-loathing a constant (albeit unwanted)
companion who lingers in the corner just
waiting for an invitation to show up with
cruel words, gasoline and a match?

For many of us, if we talked to our dearest
friends the way we talk to ourselves...
well, we wouldn't have many.

Go ahead and read that again.
Let it sink in.

/ / /

Consider this a gentle reminder
to be tender with yourself.
Speak life to your own soul.
Always, always, always be kind.

We are never more like the enemy of our souls than
when we assume the role of accuser + condemner.

Catch every negative, shaming thought you have
and see if it aligns with how God sees you (and others).

If it isn't good, kind, hopeful, constructive, grace-laced and restorative, then it doesn't belong in your head + heart.

You are, after all, allowed to be both a mess and
a masterpiece...all at the very same time.

You are so loved.
Easter reminds us that the tomb is empty. But befo Easter reminds us that the tomb is empty.
But before the resurrection, there was a towel.

In John 13, just hours before the cross,
Jesus doesn’t assert power, He kneels.
He washes the feet of Peter.
He washes the feet of Judas.
He loves them to the end.

🎙️ Episode 017 | The Jesus Way is live.

What does it look like to choose love in the middle
of betrayal, grief, disagreement, and struggle?
The way of Jesus isn’t flashy.
 It’s faithful.

🎧 Listen wherever you stream podcasts.

#OhGoodGrief #TheJesusWay  #KnownByLove
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So very thankful for the life that came from his d So very thankful for the life
that came from his death.

May you know how wildly, wholly
and wonderfully you are loved…

“This is how much God loved the world:
He gave his Son, his one and only Son.
And this is why: so that no one need be
destroyed; by believing in him, anyone
can have a whole and lasting life.
God didn’t go to all the trouble of
sending his Son merely to point an
accusing finger, telling the world
how bad it was. He came to help,
to put the world right again.”

John 3:16-17 | The Message

#GoodFriday #ItIsFinished

📷 Levi Lusko
Boundaries are not the opposite of love. They are Boundaries are not the opposite of love.
They are often the evidence of it.

Jesus touched lepers.
He wept with friends.
He restored the broken.

But He also corrected boldly.
He withdrew intentionally.
He did not entrust Himself to everyone.

You can forgive someone
without restoring immediate proximity.
You can love someone
without giving them full access to your life.

Episode 016 | Grace + Guardrails is available now.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #BoundariesMatter
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Love does not require unlimited access. In Episod Love does not require unlimited access.

In Episode 016 of Oh, Good Grief, we explore what Jesus
actually modeled when it comes to boundaries.

He loved everyone.
He did not entrust Himself to everyone.
He was full of grace and truth.
He welcomed the crowds, but confided in the few.

In a world that demands access to our time, energy, and heart, this episode unpacks what it looks like to forgive without naivety, love without losing discernment, and practice grace with guardrails.

🎧 Grace + Guardrails | How Jesus Modeled Boundaries in a World
  That Demands Access is live wherever you listen to podcasts

#OhGoodGrief #GraceAndTruth #BiblicalBoundaries #FaithInRealLife
Sometimes the most honest thing we can say is: thi Sometimes the most honest thing we can say is:
this is where I am today…
but it isn’t where my story ends.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #GodIsFaithful
Healing after betrayal isn’t linear. It’s messy. Healing after betrayal isn’t linear.

It’s messy.
It’s exhausting.
And sometimes it feels impossible.

In this conversation, Lisa Devine shares what it actually looked like to rebuild a marriage after infidelity: the boundaries, the brutal honesty, the forgiveness that had to be chosen again and again.

But more than anything,
it’s a story about the quiet ways God shows up
when everything feels shattered.

🎧 Listen to Episode 15 of Oh, Good Grief
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