by Gwen | Jul 22, 2016 | Faith, Gwen
Sometimes I just botch it – a whole day. Just being a jerk for no particular reason. This past Sunday was a day I should probably just have stayed in bed and watched episode after episode of Downton Abbey. In a single day I was single handedly able to be mean...
by Shannon | Jul 17, 2016 | Faith, Inspire, Shannon
The other day I saw a girl wearing this t-shirt: Harsh, but slightly amusing too. I think most of us can probably admit that there are maybe possibly some people in our lives that are prone to a bit of excessive talking. That is, people who talk about nothing forever,...
by Gwen | Jun 26, 2016 | Faith, Gwen, Inspire
Last Wednesday evening a woman paced a Maine shoreline waiting for her husband, an experienced kayak tour guide, and two other kayakers (husband and wife). They were two hours past their arrival time. A lobster boat captain stopped to check on her. She explained...
by Shannon | Jun 7, 2016 | Faith, Inspire, Shannon
For some reason during this particular season of my life I’ve found myself a bit more frayed than usual. I’ve been a bit snappy, a bit short, a bit–shall we just say it?–grumpy. Oh. I can thing of at least 17 million things to blame it on, but...
by Shannon | May 31, 2016 | Faith, Inspire, Shannon
How long do you think an “instant” actually is? Is it a few seconds? Half a second? Almost as long as a moment? Silly questions, really, but for some reason I’ve been feeling a need to define and quantify something that I’ve learned has so...
by Gwen | May 17, 2016 | Faith
Every year around this time in Joplin there is this tension building up to May 22nd. That day. That day put our sleepy town on the map. Every time we are out of town (regardless of how far away) and I’m asked where we are from, and I answer, the person...
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