by mgeisen | Nov 19, 2016 | spirituality
I learned to tie a man’s tie in eighth grade. My dad patiently showed me as I prepared for a role in a play. It all started when I wrote an essay about the main character in a book for a contest. I won and the reward was playing the lead in the play based...
by mgeisen | Nov 15, 2016 | spirituality
There is this beautiful space of honesty, clarity and belief we are someone of value. It’s called vulnerability. Somewhere in the middle of trying to be someone we are not and finding the gumption to be who we really are is where our desire for obscurity meets...
by mgeisen | Nov 12, 2016 | spirituality
Where do you go when life is hard? How do you seek peace when heartache invades the corners of your heart? What brings you hope when the horizon of life looks fuzzy and uncertain? My answers to these questions may not look like yours, but one thing is for certain-we...
by mgeisen | Nov 8, 2016 | spirituality
Today Jeanne, Emily and I wrap up our Chosen and Approved series. Emily shares her experience with feeling insecure when making decisions. She begins with a story from childhood and describes a “whatever she’s having, please” way of life beginning at...
by mgeisen | Nov 3, 2016 | spirituality
And so – we write for five minutes, our words tumbling out – no editing, no polishing – just flat out on a one word prompt! We gather all our beautiful thoughts here in our Five Minute Friday community and then love on each other as only we can do!...
by mgeisen | Nov 1, 2016 | spirituality
The world shouts you are not enough. The voices fill your head with: unworthy, unloved, and unable. Inside your head competing voices vie for the top position, shouting louder and stronger to draw your attention to them. Your shoulders round and insides crumble each...
by mgeisen | Oct 31, 2016 | spirituality
I wake up some mornings and lie in disbelief as I realize another week has passed. I take account of the week and wonder if I have lived fully and loved well. It’s easy to remain in a place of feeling stuck without outward signs to prove otherwise. Life this...
by mgeisen | Oct 25, 2016 | spirituality
Looking to the world for approval trips us up over and over again. Time after time we walk away disappointed because the world’s standards never seem to match the measuring stick of our expectations. Today we continue our Chosen and Approved series and Jeanne...
by mgeisen | Oct 18, 2016 | spirituality
Today is week three of the Chosen and Approved: Untangling Our Identities from People and Perfection series. Today Emily takes a look at the story of David to help us understand our people-pleasing tendencies. She digs into David’s affair with Bathsheba and the...
by mgeisen | Oct 11, 2016 | spirituality
Today we continue our series on Chosen and Approved: Untangling our Identities from People and Perfection. I know I spend more time listening to who the world says I am instead of embracing the truth that I am known and chosen by God. I get caught up in worldly...