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Feb 9, 2016
Three Questions to Ask When Setting Priorities
How do you decide what to do and when to do it? Priorities are a challenge no matter what our life season. Friend and guest blogger Bobi...
Feb 2, 2016
Body Betrayal
He sits across the room from me in a recliner, blue cast propped on two pillows, water jug filled at his elbow, computer on his lap while...
Jan 26, 2016
Yours Truly
The work of being "you" can get unnecessarily complicated. My friend, Adele Calhoun, is spot-on when she encourages us to be free from...
Jan 19, 2016
Listen Bigger
Do you know - really know - what God is asking of you NOW? Really Blog Manager Carla Foote wrestled to discern God's leading, and...
Jan 12, 2016
When the Song is Gone
What do you do when the usual ways you hear from God go silent? My friend, Donna Fagerstrom, shares a poignant and personal story of how...
Jan 5, 2016
Learning to Like January
One year ago we began the adventure of this blog, "Really." Thanks for journeying with us in 2015 and now into 2016! We are repeating our...
Dec 22, 2015
Apples for Christmas
What's the best Christmas present you ever received? A shiny bike? Your first cellphone? An engagement ring? Most of us can name...
Dec 15, 2015
Why Black is So Beautiful
I first "met" Patricia Raybon through her book, My First White Friend. Now I know Patricia as one of my dear black friends. And without a...
Dec 8, 2015
The Beauty of a Reclaimed Life
Ever wonder if God can "reclaim" your life for his purposes? Your messy, broken, needy jumble of days? Sweet friend, Michele Cushatt,...
Dec 1, 2015
Is She for Real?
One morning I pulled back the covers, shook the previous night's melatonin from my mind, and padded toward coffee. I headed to my...
Nov 17, 2015
Listen to the Cheer, Not the Hiss
So what voices are you listening to in your life? Have you been listening to "The Hiss"? Not sure? Lorilee Craker takes us for Round Two...
Nov 3, 2015
Brave Enough to Exhale
For so many years of my life, "rest" was just a four-letter-word. One that beckoned me into the "bad" of inactivity. Nicole Unice,...
Oct 27, 2015
Does Appearance Matter?
Do you color your hair? Why? Or why not? I color mine - two colors! Regular brown and irregular platinum. The platinum is a nod to where...
Oct 20, 2015
The Hiss
In my most stripped down, honest moments I realize that I rarely really believe God's pronouncement of "good" over me. More quickly I...
Oct 13, 2015
The Tarnish of Hypocrisy
Most of us struggle to see ourselves the way God does: beauty full. Where we get stuck is on the "why." Friend Judy Douglass, who...
Oct 6, 2015
Fast Enough?
Are you a runner? Once upon a time I was. Or at least I ran. I wasn't great at running - my legs are too short to have a pretty stride....
Sep 29, 2015
Seeing Our Beauty in the Mirror of Friendship
Hesitantly, I approached the mirror that stretched across our bathroom vanity. It was a season of unexpected learning. At sixty years of...
Sep 22, 2015
10 People Whose Judgment About My Body Is Entirely Irrelevant
Margot Starbuck startles us into honesty about the extreme level of our self-judgment with her personal list of irrelevant judges in her...
Sep 8, 2015
Loving Your Body - Even When It's Hard
Sometimes I like my body. Make that occasionally I like my body. And sometimes I’m uber embarrased by it. The crepe paper skin above my...
Sep 1, 2015
Through a Cracked and Clouded Lens
What do you see when you look in the mirror? My friend Nicole Mills has been through a lot. And through her journey, God has given her...
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