Backstory: In 2005, because of the decisions she made to overwork herself and stay busy “doing” things for God and not “being” with Him, in combination with being in a toxic church environment, a girl … Read More
7 Ways to Be Kind Online
Wow, oh wow: How much the Interwebz have changed since I removed myself from them a couple of years ago. The big mediums are still around: blogging, Facebook, Twitter (with some additional ones like Pinterest … Read More
Is There Joy in Holding on to Grief?
On July 3, 2012, eight days before my friend Jay Williams turned 32 years old, he was buried in Lebanon Cemetery in Plains, Georgia. The air was still and thick with southern humidity, and sweat … Read More
Are You Afraid of the Blank Page?
Back in the fall, I had the opportunity to speak at The Youth Cartel’s Summit on the process of creativity. I laughed. A lot. Because my process looks a lot more like…it looks nothing like … Read More
Are Forgiveness and Reconciliation the Same?
I never thought there was much difference between reconciliation and forgiveness. In my heart, it all kind of meant the same thing – letting go of pain that someone had inflicted on me. Usually this … Read More
Time? What Time? That’s HILARIOUS! Hahahaha.
In case you’re new around these parts, I wrote a book called Mad Church Disease that came out last year. It’s about how I literally burned out while working at a church because I didn’t … Read More
Speed Praying
Tomorrow we’ll begin to discuss some more of In Praise of Slowness‘s content, but I am so grateful Carl has taken part in these conversations. Below are some more thoughts from Carl (he left them … Read More
A Personal Note to You from Carl Honoré, The Author of “In Praise of Slowness”
Carl Honoré Hi Anne, Thanks for providing such a thoughtful arena for the ideas in In Praise of Slowness. This feels like the beginning of an urgent and beautiful conversation. I’d like to inject a … Read More
How To Respond to Emergencies (Without Getting in the Way!)
As most of you know, Nashville and the surrounding areas were hit over the weekend with anywhere from eight to sixteen inches of rain. We had around fifteen inches in our backyard. Two of the … Read More