For much of my life, I believed clarity would come through effort. Work harder. Think longer. Plan better. Stay faithful. Keep moving. But over the past year, I’ve begun learning something different. Some of the most important shifts in our lives do not arrive with certainty. They arrive as a quiet stirring. An invitation. A … Continue reading What Happens When God Changes Your Plans: What a career pivot taught me about identity, calling, and trusting God with the next chapter
All These Tabs
Mind racing I'm pacing back and forth to and from all the things there are to do. The list is longand getting longer. I run around all dayyet it continuesto pile up. Will it ever endor will it bury me? Can I hide? Should I hustle?Will I break? Under the weightof everything. So much to … Continue reading All These Tabs
Staying Alive in This Life
A multi-faceted identity. An identity rooted in something beyond what changes or falls apart. This is something great leaders and the best of humanity have in common. When our identity is this expansive, we have the opportunity to stay rooted in times of chaos, and the strength and resources to stay grounded in our values … Continue reading Staying Alive in This Life
Holy Love
Loving You has been the most confusing, frustrating, exhilarating, and satisfying thing I've done. I want Your love with all that I am, and yet I fight against receiving it. The world says, "You don't deserve it." My ego says, "You have not done enough." Yet You tell me over and over, "I love you … Continue reading Holy Love
Growing Pains
I'm not who I was and not yet who I'll be. I am. Messy + Clear + Open + Determined + Struggling + Peaceful Oscillating and vacillating. Knowing and not knowing. Certain and unsure. Free and terrified. Like a balloon floating around with no anchor in the highest heights wondering if I will find the … Continue reading Growing Pains
High Standards + Low Expectations
"I just want to be the best I can be.""I want to create an environment where we win and we care.""I want to use my organization to challenge people to become the best version of themselves." When I hear answers like this on a discovery call, I know we’re likely a match. And I don’t … Continue reading High Standards + Low Expectations
The Gift
An invitationmet with hesitation. Prayer.Thought. Consideration. Then surrender. Not my will,but yoursbe done. The day cameto fulfillthe call. I feltthe weight, the importance. My heart raced. My hands were sweating. I didn't hear a word. All I could do was pray, "Come Holy Spirit." Then the moment... You carried my legs.You quieted my mind. You … Continue reading The Gift
Trapped in a Prison of Our Own Making
We are trapped in our own personal jails. These illusions keep us from being free. There have been times in my life when I struggled mightily to pay the bills. Financial insecurity was real and it limited my choices. There have been times when unexpected things happened and in those moments sacrifice was required, and … Continue reading Trapped in a Prison of Our Own Making
Awakening
And here I siton this trainof life. Moments, scenes, rushing past. So much in the rearview. Too much hereto hold onto. Did I treasure it? How will I measure it? Is the bestyet to be? Or have I missed it? I think back. I look forward. I consider it all. Preoccupied. Consumed. Then I look … Continue reading Awakening
The Importance of a Clear Vision and Specific Expectations
When Molly came to work with our collective members at The Restoration Project, she had been a business owner for longer than we had. We first brought Molly in to help us with some growth strategies, mostly around marketing, PR and client engagement. As the Founder, I had typically been the one creating vision and … Continue reading The Importance of a Clear Vision and Specific Expectations
Grit, Gratitude, and Grace 