Only one more week of this 31 series! That’s nuts! I’m cheating a little today (it’s a stretch to count this as a purging post), but I made a promise to some stinkin’ awesome women, and I intend to keep it. I could rave about the gals from Impact Church (Lowell, Michigan) for hours, but I’ll try to sum up our weekend in just a few (hundred) sentences. My friend Heidi (a pastor’s wife) and …
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sabbath thoughts on purging {day 23 of 31}
Just got back from an AMAZING weekend in Frankenmuth, Michigan with the ladies of Impact Church in Lowell (MI). God is so good I can hardly stand it. These 92 women graciously allowed me to take a detour around the typical women’s retreat talking points and share some hard-to-hear things he had laid on my heart. We talked and laughed and cried about tough stuff going on around the world, and now we’re prayerfully making …
consumer detox {day 22 of 31}
I hope you know by now that if I tell you I reeeeeeally think you should read a book, I MEAN IT. I can think of a couple times in the past where I felt pressured to recommend a book that I didn’t really LOVE, but no more. If I go on and on about something, it’s heartfelt and it rocked my world in a big way. Consumer Detox. Amazing book. I’ve read it twice …
curbing consumption {day 21 of 31}
You want to know what I love about purging and de-cluttering? Well, EVERYTHING, but specifically I love that it doesn’t just have here-and-now results (like a home you can actually walk through, breathe in, invite people over to, and enjoy stress-free). It’s also got big-time future ramifications. For one, a de-cluttered home makes you think twice before you buy something. Whereas before you might (like me) have been a mindless consumer. See something that catches …
the unwanted gifts dilemma {day 20 of 31}
Several of you have mentioned that you have received a few (or many, many several zillion) gifts from loved ones (or random co-workers/students/neighbors), and they’re just not your style (or you have absolutely no use for them). But. To get rid of them would scream, “Ungrateful!” Or “busted,” as the case may be. “Whatever happened to that ice cream scoop warmer I bought you last Christmas? You still have it, don’t you?” So what do …
