- formerly Gabbing with Grace
It started here: 20 Things the Rich Do Every Day, an article posted to Dave Ramsey’s website. There was a big bru-ha-ha surrounding the article, enough so Dave amended a response. Somewhere in there, Rachel Held Evans’ responded on CNN’s belief blog. Then I happened upon a few twitter critiques comparing him to Joel Olsteen. I […]
Eager to welcome a beautiful soul today, Kristi Scott whom I “met” through Twitter & the #FMFparty community. Besides looking a little like my sister, I feel drawn to the beauty of this sweet soul, so passionate & lovely. Her post is part of a series of guests post over the next couple of months […]
Do you love little warrior girl stories? I do. My life-long next door neighbor, Jerald had a decrepit garage. His Dad worked on cars night and day, often filling every available inch of land they owned with cars & parts. Visible from our backyard, their garage was 20 yards away and appeared to be a […]
I went to the Story Chicago Conference this past week. The theme was A Sense of Place but I felt anything but. The 1st evening of the conference, conference creator Ben Arment gave us a brief welcome and an introduction to the 2013 Sundance-award-winning documentary, Blood Brother. The film follows a white American, Rocky Braat […]
Finally, I’ve finished revamping my new ABOUT page. I’d hoped to have this done & ready to be unveiled with my relatively new blog revamp -more than a month ago- but…ya know… that would have taken a modern miracle. In any case, here’s my new “about” page posted here for all my new readers and […]
I am overwhelmed by those who don’t belong… …especially the ones who “don’t belong” with the ones like me…the ones whose clothes and holey shoes tell a story. You’ve felt it before too right? Ever been to a neighborhood where everyone looks the same but you? It may not even be the skin color that […]
Today, I’m writing my monthly article over at a Deeper Story on racism. Are we all racists? Is there a little Paula Deen in all of us? Is the social construct of race a helpful one? If the social construct of race isn’t helpful is the term racism necessary? Even so, aren’t we all deeply […]
In celebration of Mother’s Day & Mama’s everywhere I’m sharing my 1st moments with Rhys & images of newborns from around the world as a part of my work with the The Global Team of 200 and our partnership with Save The Children. ~ I went in for a regular checkup 3 days before Rhys’ due […]
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