There’s something about people who show up. Maybe they’re family—the ones with whom we share genes, traditions, and stories. Maybe they’re friends—the family we choose, the people we look at and say, “You know what, I like this one. I think I’ll keep them around.” Maybe you’re still waiting for those people. But I hope,…

Ministry can be a beautiful, sacred calling—but it can also be exhausting. Between leading, caring, teaching, and tending to the needs of others, we often forget that we, too, are part of God’s creation. The same God who painted the skies, sculpted the mountains, and set the seas in motion also carefully crafted you. Sometimes,…

There is something about the carefully placed human in women-identifying people that grants us the ability to nearly carry it all. And in the carrying capacity of a self-identified woman, we cannot forget our own human dignity, worthiness, and the reminders of value that we so naturally give to those we carry.