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Time to Optimize

As of last Monday, I started going through the Insanity work-out program.  It has been both empowering and humbling, exhausting and energizing, and both physical and spiritual. I’ve officially gotten in the rhythm of waking up early, chugging water, working…

Waves on Waves

“You are an endless ocean, a bottomless sea” I have always been and will forever be drawn to big bodies of water.  My spirit simply feels freer with the large expanse in front of me.  It’s my sanctuary.  The place…

Do You Even Care?

This week, I had the opportunity to help facilitate and teach in leadership track (which I was in last semester).  It was awesome! I’m learning that one of my gifts is the ability to teach and communicate things in a…

Bathrobes and Parking Lots

Last weekend, we had a group of apprentices over to watch a movie.  After much discussion and debate between Hot Rod and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Mitty won.  If you haven’t seen that movie, I highly suggest it.   It was…

Be a Celebrator

When you have good news, who do you want to call first?  Obviously your family members, friends, etc are all included in that list.  That’s not what I’m talking about specifically.  I mean, when you want someone to get excited with…

Pass the Plate

So much of life is centered around a meal. We are either preparing for, eating, or doing something just after the meal is over.   Good things happen at tables laden with food. That’s what my life has become recently:…

A Rose By Any Other Word

God gave me a rose. It was awesome. Do you want to hear the story? OK, OK, I’ll tell you! One of our classes this semester is called Spiritual Formations.  As a first semester apprentice, we learned about spiritual concepts…