Fully Known, Fully Loved

Fully Known, Fully Loved

You Don’t Have to Be Afraid of What Someone Sees in You There is something wonderfully freeing about being known. Not the polished version of us. Or the version that gets everything right. Not even the version we carefully present to everyone else. The real us. The us...
Discovering the Gift of Criticism

Discovering the Gift of Criticism

Last week we talked about having the courage to say the hard thing.But what happens when we’re on the other side of the conversation? Someone sits across from us and says: “Can I be honest with you?” Four words that can make even the most spiritually mature...
Finding the Courage to Have Hard Conversations

Finding the Courage to Have Hard Conversations

There are some conversations I would rather clean a toilet than have.There. I said it. Finding the courage to have hard conversations is akin to a form of punishment. We live in an increasingly polarized society that divides us more than it unites us but we must fight...
You Are Not Responsible for Everyone’s Response

You Are Not Responsible for Everyone’s Response

Have you ever walked away from a difficult conversation and immediately started replaying it? Did I say too much? Should I have said nothing? Are they mad at me? What if they think badly of me now? Maybe I should text them and explain myself again. Sometimes the...
Shame Off You: Secure Enough to Love Courageously

Shame Off You: Secure Enough to Love Courageously

Relationships require courage. Courage to let someone know the real you without shame making you feel unworthy. It takes courage to tell the truth when silence would be easier. Because you matter. It takes courage to listen when someone tells you something you...

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