QUESTIONS OF CALLING

unearthing beauty, mining meaning, and seeking truth

This is a place for anyone who wants more, who is not content to be comfortable, who seeks a life of truth and meaning, not just happiness.

Here, we ask hard questions, tell true stories, and turn life inside out to unearth the ragged beauty within.

I’m honored to have you to join me.

Success Is Nonlinear. So Is Progress.
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Success Is Nonlinear. So Is Progress.

Raise your hand if you’ve ever worked diligently at a project only to see little to no results—or worse, to see it crash and burn into a pile of smoking ash.

Oh, you too?

I’ve been feeling this way a little recently. I’ve started to make a real effort to create regularly, to carve out precious time from my packed schedule of teaching, counseling, momming, wifing, and just surviving for creative pursuits—for posting and blogging and journaling and promoting. And I have very little to show for it.

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When You Feel Like a Failure: Befriending Your Sense of Inadequacy
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When You Feel Like a Failure: Befriending Your Sense of Inadequacy

Sometimes I don’t feel called to motherhood.

That’s not something we’re really allowed to say, but it’s true—both for me and for many moms with whom I’ve spoken.

A couple of weeks ago, my husband had a zoom meeting right through dinnertime, so it was just me with my three girls, ages 5, 3, and 3 months…

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