Mar 4, 2019 | Community Life
When we feel tension in our friendships, it usually stems from small unchecked habits practiced week-by-week versus one big explosive point of conflict. Small, seemingly harmless things creep in and negatively impact the heart of our friendships. Unless we...
Feb 22, 2019 | Community Life
Thou shall serve other moms. Every mom is struggling in some way. Whether it is getting dinner on the table or shoes on kid’s feet. It is a general rule of thumb that if you see a mom wrestling her child while juggling snack containers, jackets and a diaper bag, that...
Nov 25, 2018 | Community Life
First published in Thryve Magazine 2017 I never understood the difficulties of having children or the women who struggled through them until my husband and I had our first miscarriage. Then our second. I thought miscarriage was an adult issue that I was way too young...
Nov 12, 2018 | Community Life
Kelsey Chapman and I met two years ago and became fast friends. As our friendship grew, we learned a lot about one another and how to make the friendship last and one of our greatest tools was the Enneagram. The popular Enneagram assessment helps you identify with one...
Jul 29, 2018 | Community Life
Family friendships are dynamic. That’s the best way I can describe it. It is never easy, your best friend ‘s husband may have totally different interests then your husband and when you add kids into the mix it is extra crazy sauce in the recipe of friendship. Hunter...
Jul 22, 2018 | Community Life
We moved into our new home a year ago and, despite our transient Denver culture, we plan to stay a long time in our new neighborhood. The first week we moved in, we began “pursuing” our neighbors. Yes, that’s right! We began to intentionally plan ways we could get to...
Jan 10, 2018 | Community Life
My husband and I share the spiritual gift of hospitality. We love hosting and serving our community by creating a secondary home of belonging, grace, truth and God’s love. Yet, we also feel called to serve the community at large. And so we thought, how could we...
Oct 16, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 I sit down to meet my friend for coffee- a typical Saturday morning catch up and one of my favorite activities. We laugh, we get serious and we share a little bit of our...
Oct 10, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus...
Oct 5, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly – John 10:10 Just when we think our friendships are going well, the devil comes and steals our joy away. You may not recognize his schemes but the devil is...
Oct 3, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. -Proverbs 22:6 I have now entered a stage in life where a I feel like I’ve grown an extra appendage in the shape of a small child. Most would call this motherhood. Before I...
Sep 25, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
At last Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn loyalty to each other in the Lord’s name. The Lord is the witness of a bond between us and our children forever. – 1 Sam. 20:42 NLT. You’ve seen their Camp Winnipesaukee skits, you’ve laughed at...
