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December 21, 2013 2 Comments

Winner of “Cracking Up” by Kimberlee Conway Ireton

Cracking Up book cover

Last week's book response highlighted Cracking Up: A Postpartum Faith Crisis by Kimberlee Conway Ireton. I decided to include a book giveaway. Commenters on that post were entered into a drawing to win a copy of Cracking Up (except a few who said they already owned a copy). I wrote out each name and put them all in a straw hat. After shaking the names around, I held the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: book giveaway, Cracking Up, Kimberlee Conway Ireton

February 22, 2012 2 Comments

Curiosity Journal: February 22, 2012

Each Wednesday I’ve been recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the previous week using these tag words: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing.:::ReadingI read more of The Thinking Life: How to Thrive in the Age of Distraction, continuing to find lots of lines about slowing down.But it's not only about making time to think. For example, I thought this portion … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, creativity, Curiosity Journal, reading

December 19, 2011 14 Comments

Who We Are Becoming

Saturday night I tore off pieces of a Post-It to mark passages in Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World. As I reached the last lines of the last chapter, closed the book and set it on the bedside table, I continued to think about story and place and self and how they overlap and interweave. I wanted to wrap up the book and move on...perhaps to start writing more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, reading, self-discovery, writing Tagged With: memory, Scott Russell Sanders, self, Staying Put

October 20, 2011 4 Comments

Curiosity Journal: October 19, 2011

Each Wednesday (or Thursday, if I'm running late) I’m recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. ReadingMonday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, Curiosity Journal, life, lifelong learning, reading, writing

October 17, 2011 20 Comments

Could Be

Twenty years ago, my husband and I were on a team of people serving behind-the-scenes at a Willow Creek-style start-up church. We'd been to Willow for a conference and came back inspired to do more with lighting; we wanted some par cans on the floor of the stage pointing up, providing a splash of color against the curtain. Like this.I urged the team to create a new look … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, creativity, family, lifelong learning, reading, self-discovery Tagged With: Ellen Langer, Mindfulness, The High Calling, The High Calling Book Club

September 28, 2011

Curiosity Journal: Sept. 28, 2011

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, Curiosity Journal, reading Tagged With: mindlessness, minfulness

September 21, 2011 14 Comments

Curiosity Journal: Sept. 21, 2011

Bananagrams

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. ::: Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, Curiosity Journal, Not So Fast, reading, self-discovery Tagged With: curiosity, Curiosity Journal

September 11, 2011 26 Comments

Write to Discover and Decipher Life

By the time I was 13 or 14 years old, I realized the children’s department couldn’t provide the depth of information I craved. Shyly, I began browsing the adult nonfiction shelves for exercise books, vegetarian cookbooks, step-by-step drawing tutorials, and a series that taught survival skills, in case I ever acted on my dream of living by myself in the woods, like the kid … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, creativity, family, self-discovery, writer, writers, writing

September 7, 2011 11 Comments

Curiosity Journal: Sept. 7, 2011 (David Dark, Blokus, handcuffs, aging, masterful memoir)

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, lifelong learning, reading, self-discovery, writer, writers, writing Tagged With: blokus, David Dark, progressive lenses

August 31, 2011 11 Comments

Curiosity Journal: August 31, 2011

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, change, children, exercise, family, life, lifelong learning, parenting, reading, writing Tagged With: curiosity, Curiosity Journal

August 4, 2011 10 Comments

Curiosity Journal: August 4, 2011

Each Wednesday (except this week, when I missed my deadline) I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. ::: Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, Curiosity Journal, family, lifelong learning, nature, reading, travel Tagged With: Bill Vriesema, Breath for the Bones, journal, journaling, Luci Shaw, My Utmost for His Highest, photography

July 27, 2011 5 Comments

Curiosity Journal: July 27, 2011

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, family, life, reading

July 13, 2011 7 Comments

Curiosity Journal: July 13, 2011

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you're keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. Reading I copied this down from Steven Pressfield's quick … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, reading Tagged With: curiosity, Curiosity Journal, learning, playing, reading

June 6, 2011 16 Comments

What Will Enchant?

I remember curling up in a nook on a bean bag or something equally squishy, something I sank into, in my elementary school library. I pulled out Horton Hears a Who, And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, and The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. Although I was capable of reading more challenging books, I chose those because I could take them in quickly, one after … [Read more...]

Filed Under: reading, writing Tagged With: Enchantment

May 16, 2011 8 Comments

Barbara, Baby in the Backseat, and Benefit of the Doubt

Give people the benefit of the doubt. (Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach)

In his chapter on achieving trustworthiness (from his book Enchantment), Guy Kawasaki lists "Give people the benefit of the doubt" as one way to become the kind of person others want to follow. That advice reminded me of Barbara.   Barbara: Modeling Grace Toward Others Years ago I worked with Barbara. Barbara was old enough to be my mother. I was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: reading Tagged With: benefit of the doubt, Enchantment, grace, Guy Kawasaki

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