by Emily Taylor | Jan 30, 2015 | beauty, community, Identity, Relationship |
Ever consider a certain trait you exhibit and wish you could maybe just tweak it a little? There comes a point when our eyes are opened to the risk of vulnerability — and we have a choice about what we’re going to do with that reality and we tremble a little at the...
by Emily Taylor | Jan 19, 2015 | Character of God, community, Holy Spirit, Intentional living, love, Pain and Suffering, Relationships |
Interesting little thing happened yesterday. The kids were building a maze out of couch pillows with Brandon, and with everyone occupied I ventured out to the mall for a quick kid-free errand (I know, alone, a rarity but that’s not the interesting part). The wind...
by Emily Taylor | Jan 13, 2015 | Character of God, Communication, community, Intentional living, Knowing God, love, Relationships |
Recently there has been a lot of attention given to a post entitled, “Dear Church, Here’s Why People Are Really Leaving You.” It made me ache. It made me sad, really sad. It made me feel misunderstood and it made me frustrated. Just being honest. And it stuck...
by Emily Taylor | Jan 7, 2015 | community, Laughter, Relationships |
I had a goal one winter of not being cold. Not to the bone at least. I wanted to be at least borderline comfortable, like my hands wouldn’t typically feel like ice – this abruptly changed when I had kids, because when you have to strap 2 kids into their 5...
by Emily Taylor | Jan 5, 2015 | Growth, Intentional living, Life on Mission, purpose, vision |
People change. Whenever I hear someone utter the phrase “people don’t change, not really,” I can’t help but cringe a little. Because you guys, we do. It just seems to hopeless, so cynical to think we can’t evolve. Doesn’t it? Let’s have some reverence for free...
