What I’m enjoying so much about this series (besides the great stories!), is the fact that I get to share with you little pieces of the dear people whom I’m privileged to do life with! Today’s post comes from my dear friend and writer pal Susie. Susie Finkbeiner is a novelist and short story writer […]
faith in action
Doing Life Together – JJ
Today’s post comes from a friend I met last summer at the Speak Up Conference. I’ve enjoyed getting to know JJ over the past few months. JJ Landis is a writer, librarian, and mom of three who lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She enjoys sharing her cookie-cutter life with others on her blog My Life, His […]
Give a Coffee Break for Christmas!
Just over 1 month until Isn’t it Time for a Coffee Break? Doing life together in an all-about me kind of world releases! I’m so excited to share this with you that I can hardly stand it. It’s been an incredible journey over the past year. I look back and shake my head thinking, “Only […]
Are you Hungry?
I sat in the back of the classroom in a green metal chair, just small enough that my knees bent at an uncomfortable angle. The room hummed with the morning activity of students unloading backpacks, turning in homework and making their lunch selections on the white board. I waited patiently for my morning assignment. For […]
Doing Life Together – Jen
Today’s post comes from a long-time, dear friend and my running partner, Jen Gusey. Jen lives in Michigan with her husband and 4 children where she spends most of her time homeschooling her kids and serving in her local church. She also enjoys gardening, long distance running and drinking coffee with friends. She has recently […]
Community begins at home
The snow crunched under my feet. I paused outside the heavy glass doors. The playground was eerily quiet, the lull before the storm of five to seven-year-olds about to invade. Slices of bread hung by yarn on a tree, flapping in the wind, awaiting hungry birds. I took a deep breath of the frigid, fresh […]