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A month away from posting here and a month of adve

Feel like your brain is on overdrive lately? We’

I’ve led this conference 47 times and number 47

I’ve led this conference 47 times and number 47 (our first-ever virtual experience!) is one for the history books! More than any other year, we all NEEDED this. We needed space to process. To turn off our phones for 2 days. To turn down the noise and turn up our hearts. To look forward. To get clear about what matters in the big picture. And to make decisions to DO something about it. Ladies of @cultivatewhatmatters’ Making Things Happen Conference 2020, I love you! You are wise, generous, beautiful women. There are still 164 days in this year. That’s a whole lot of time to grow good things, little by little, with passion and clarity right where we are. This year isn’t over yet, friends. Let’s LIVE it! Above: how I feel about the women I spent the last two days with: 100% worth destroying my office with a shower of confetti at the end of our time together. 🎉 I may never clean it up!

This year has been one of peaks and valleys. In un

Waiting can be hard, can't it? We've done a lot of

The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anyth

The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7  Praying peace over you all. Praying for renewal.
For hope to flood your souls as we near the half-way point of the year.

This mid-point of 2020 is a chance for us to mark a new start. A chance to choose hope. A chance to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. A chance to take new steps forward. A chance to grow something good right where we are. (Join me for the Mid-Year Refresh starting June 22 - MidYearRefresh.com.)
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P.S. I’ll be back next Wednesday to share the children’s book with you—a little book about planting seeds, enjoying the wait, and believing in what we can’t yet see. 💛
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(Our baby giant pumpkin above - learning these lessons of faith every day as we tend to the garden and watch God bring things to life.)

Every day, we make choices—choices that add up o

Every day, we make choices—choices that add up over time. White friends, our choices are made in privilege. And our choices can bring good change. Our steps forward may not be perfect (all progress is imperfect), but they are essential. Not because they’re what everyone else is doing or because of fear of man or because they’re the right thing to do right now, but because one day our life will end on this earth. I say this with confidence in Him. We get this one life, and only He knows how long it will be. There will be a whole lot of things we spent time on that didn’t matter (I have my own list of those things) and some that very much did. Things that last longer than us. I have, as a gross understatement, so far to go, but I trust Him. I know His power to change people, including myself. God knows we won’t be perfect, but perfect isn’t the goal -- He wants our hearts.

Heart change happens in two ways: either something changes our hearts and our actions follow (God opening Saul’s eyes and changing him to Paul), or our actions change and our hearts follow (Matt 6:21). Either path, changed hearts can change things.

I have been listening, specifically to our Black friends here in person. I have let God search my heart and know my ways and He continues to. Don’t be afraid to do the same. In listening to Black friends and their stories, your heart may change, or in taking steps forward, your heart may change (or both). Change CAN happen. You may feel hesitant, but don’t let an imperfect start hold you back from taking your next best step - especially the things done in secret that the world won’t see, but that make a world of difference.

And if you feel like your actions could never make a difference, listen to the words of @MorganHarperNichols: “Engage in the long, faithful work.” Small steps (and big leaps of faith) add up.

We have an opportunity to choose good change right now. We will not go back to normal, but instead work toward creating something better as we engage in the long, faithful work. It starts with one step.

There is no fear in love...

1 John 4:18

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