As I mentioned yesterday, I just finished “The Moment of Lift” by Melinda Gates. It is so good. She chronicles her journey to “see” the world as individuals, and to empower women. To discover how she could share her voice. And share herself. I love that she said, “we change the culture by sharing our…
Growing up I knew I wanted a lot of kids. I pined away for them. And somehow in all my pining I could have never guessed that four of them would be girls. But here I am, four of the most beloved women right here in my family. (Oh I am so incredibly grateful for…
I’ve had a lot of thoughts about service lately that I’m writing up for a blog post next week. But for now, let’s go back to this last summer for a minute. When we got back home to the heat of the desert we were able to be involved with an event to reach out…
Ok, not just women, because there are some pretty cool men in this post too, but let’s focus on the women first because look who I got to be with for the women’s session of General Conference for our church a couple weeks ago: Oh yeah, baby. I lucked out. It was the beginning of…
I know I talk about technology a lot on here. I wrote about it HERE, and HERE and HERE, and I think most recently HERE (with Colin Kartchner)…and probably 193 other places as well. But it’s something I get little nudges to think about often. Something that I believe all of us need to think about…
I’ve mentioned this before in my social media posts, but I worry about self-esteem in my children. I can talk until I’m blue in the face about all the things I adore about them…I can tell them they’re the bee’s knees over and over, but eventually, in the end, that self-esteem has to come from…
I’m not doing so hot on my “Sunday ponderings” weekly post idea. I’ve realized it just doesn’t work on the weekends because there’s too much to juggle. But I’m going to keep trying (probably write it earlier in the week and schedule it to post on Sunday) and I’m not going to feel too bad…
In our church, we gather the youth together every so often in what we call a “youth conference.” These conferences are to help build faith in Jesus Christ, learn, be inspired to be the best they can be and get to know each other better. (Lots more about youth conferences over HERE.) In our area…