Moms sacrifice so much to make us the people we are today. It's easy for us to remember their role in our stories, but sometimes we forget (I know at least I do) to remember our moms' stories - where they have come from and what they have had to overcome. I wanted to...
Recently I had a pantry day. Not in the sense of I made my weekly run to the grocery store and unloaded a bunch of food in the pantry (that is something I still need to do this week), but a pantry day in the sense of I needed an enclosed, small space. Because if I've...
A little over two weeks ago, my dad turned 80. It’s hard for me to believe that the dad of my youth – tall, strong, handsome, gentle, kind, accomplished, invincible – is the dad of my adulthood. Some things have not changed – my dad is still as tall, handsome, and...
The last few weeks I've been doing a lot of thinking on the topic of remembering. I've started preparing for the Restore Retreat coming up February 2022, and I've been writing a workbook to accompany the book I am releasing in January, Restore: Remembering Life's...
Several of my people have experienced hard things, really disappointing things this week. Just when we all thought we were almost out of the woods with COVID, cases started to rise and masks started to go back on. Once again, life can come to a screeching halt and...
Life doesn't always go the way we plan, does it? Or should I say, life never seems to go the way we plan it. You could have made plans to restore this summer - to go on a vacation with your family or a fun getaway weekend with friends. To read certain books or to...
I had a plan. My plan looked something like this: I was going to send all four of my girls to camp the exact same week so that I could be at home by myself for one whole week. I've been looking forward to this plan for months. I've been dreaming about it in my really...
To have a restorative summer season, three elements are needed: solitude, rest, and work. Join Susannah and her husband, Jason, as they talk about God’s good gift of work. Why is good work needed for us to do? What does working well look like? What does it not look...
As funny as it sounds, to have a restorative summer requires some work. It requires me to take a few moments to think through what gives me rest, and what doesn't. I've learned the hard way that true rest isn't just about abandoning routine, it's about embracing a new...
The start of each summer feels like an invitation to me to restore – an invitation to come and rest so that I can have enough in my tank to last through the remainder of the year. But I’ve learned that rest isn’t just about sleeping in or going on vacation. It...