I hadn’t been a mother for very long before realizing that waking up before my children is a necessity for my mental health. I am a morning person, and I don’t function well without a bit of silence (and coffee) before facing the needs and demands of parenthood and life. So nearly every week day…
11 Years ago this month I woke up on a chilly Monday wondering, like so many overdue women before me, if I’d be pregnant forever. 8 hours later I was having an unexpected (unwanted but necessary) C-Section. Please do notice that even in the crazy surprise of that day, I managed to get my bright…
I feel God calling me right now, to something new or different. I don’t want to be melodramatic, so let me be clear: I don’t know how new, or how different, and I suspect that the new or different isn’t what I expect. I also don’t think He’s calling me to something bigger. I’m guessing it…
In one of the last books I read in 2017 the author, knowing she’d be traveling the world with her family, journaled a note to herself: I question our sanity by our third day here. I’m enamored of the earth’s diversity of climates and cultures, and I want a drink of all of it. But China…
Some years I am still in the mood for Christmas carols well into January, and others I’m ready to pack up the holiday festivity and jump into a clean new year moments after the last gifts are opened. This year, as the candles were lit and the words to “Silent Night” filled my family’s Christmas…
In addition to my regular responsibilities, I worked around the clock this month to get my advent devotional ready to go, and thought I hadn’t finished any books at all. But look: I finished 6 great books! Well, I finished 4 great books and one I didn’t love as much as I expected, and I’ll…
Reposting this to let you know that the Waiting on God: A 4 Week Advent Devotional is now available for sale on PDF! (scroll down, or click the link in the menu) If you’re interested in getting it daily, for free, in your email, that link is below as well! I learned a long time…
I spent the last 5 days with 124 amazing students, in the beautiful Rocky Mountains, talking about meeting God in ordinary and surprising ways. I got to lead a meditation on one of my favorite Bible stories…about a woman who went looking for Jesus but was still surprised by Him. But as He went, the…
I’ve been nerding out over the Enneagram for about 3 years now. I love personality and personality typing tools, so when the word “enneagram” showed up in several different areas of my life within a few weeks (a book, a blog post, a podcast…) I was *shocked* to learn that there was a personality framework…
When the news is bad and life is hard, I try to look for things that bring me joy. Right now I’m finding joy in finally fall-ish weather, boys who are not too old to want hugs and kisses from their Mama first and last thing, and a husband who makes me belly laugh. None…
Renee Davis Meyer 