• It’s that time of year, when an amaryllis grows on my coffee table in the living room. It’s the center of the house and often the center of my attention. ..... Tomorrow is my #Sabbath, the day I rest and worship, away from work and chores. I will read and listen to records and go on a walk and sit on the couch and stare at my amaryllis, wondering how it is growing so slow and how it is growing so fast. ..... So slow and so fast. It’s the way of change, isn’t it? It’s what makes change hard- the slowness of it, then the suddenly of it. We know this as individuals, we know this as families and communities, we know it as a nation, and as a world. We have, well I have, questions about so many changes. Like when will covid end? I bet it will end like winter ends (most things do)... slowly every day, until suddenly. And I bet the pain you feel today is the same. It’s true of my pain and the healing of it too... it feels slow and it feels fast. Time crawls and time flies. Hold the bothness (🤷🏼‍♀️😂) of that this weekend. And may your amaryllis grow a little as you rest. There’s something for us in that, too. ♥️
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    It’s that time of year, when an amaryllis grows on my coffee table in the living room. It’s the center of the house and often the center of my attention. ..... Tomorrow is my #Sabbath, the day I rest and worship, away from work and chores. I will read and listen to records and go on a walk and sit on the couch and stare at my amaryllis, wondering how it is growing so slow and how it is growing so fast. ..... So slow and so fast. It’s the way of change, isn’t it? It’s what makes change hard- the slowness of it, then the suddenly of it. We know this as individuals, we know this as families and communities, we know it as a nation, and as a world. We have, well I have, questions about so many changes. Like when will covid end? I bet it will end like winter ends (most things do)... slowly every day, until suddenly. And I bet the pain you feel today is the same. It’s true of my pain and the healing of it too... it feels slow and it feels fast. Time crawls and time flies. Hold the bothness (🤷🏼‍♀️😂) of that this weekend. And may your amaryllis grow a little as you rest. There’s something for us in that, too. ♥️
  • Let’s WIN THE DAY with one of our favorite pastors, @markbatterson. (We are so spoiled in the pod pastor dept, aren’t we?!?) Pastor Mark has some gooood words today about how to be who we want to be in the long term AND in the minute. I counted three 🤯 for me. And what’s it like to be pastoring in Washington DC right now? Listen to find out! ..... Join our convo by searching “That Sounds Fun” in your favorite podcast app- including @spotifypodcasts!- and Pastor Mark is Episode 270! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
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    Let’s WIN THE DAY with one of our favorite pastors, @markbatterson. (We are so spoiled in the pod pastor dept, aren’t we?!?) Pastor Mark has some gooood words today about how to be who we want to be in the long term AND in the minute. I counted three 🤯 for me. And what’s it like to be pastoring in Washington DC right now? Listen to find out! ..... Join our convo by searching “That Sounds Fun” in your favorite podcast app- including @spotifypodcasts!- and Pastor Mark is Episode 270! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
  • You know this, but I am a HUGE fan of @able and I am DYING OF HAPPY to tell you I got to partner with them to create the perfect tote to celebrate the launch (Feb 2!) of #thatsoundsfunbook! ..... Okay that’s bougie to say *PERFECT* but for real the +ANNIE TOTE+ is the EXACT size my friends and I need- not a BAG but not a PURSE, you know? It holds a lot of things but not all the things and it has the CUTEST snap-out clutch for when you just need to pop into a place with the essentials. You have got to swipe to see the snap-out clutch - leopard on one side and FUN beautifully stamped on the other? THIS IS OUR KIND OF BAG, PEOPLE. ..... You know all the things about @able- how they employ women around the world and here in Nashville and how they are devoted to ending poverty AND making highest quality products. I love them you love them we love them. ..... Also. ALSO. You want a code, yes? 😏 Use “FUN15” to get 15% off the +ANNIE TOTE+ ... and actually? 15% off SITE WIDE. Yes for real! ..... The +ANNIE TOTE+ and all my current @able faves here: https://www.livefashionable.com/pages/able-x-annie ..... Get. Your. Shop. On. 15% off!!! EEK HAPPY TUESDAY!
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    You know this, but I am a HUGE fan of @able and I am DYING OF HAPPY to tell you I got to partner with them to create the perfect tote to celebrate the launch (Feb 2!) of #thatsoundsfunbook! ..... Okay that’s bougie to say *PERFECT* but for real the +ANNIE TOTE+ is the EXACT size my friends and I need- not a BAG but not a PURSE, you know? It holds a lot of things but not all the things and it has the CUTEST snap-out clutch for when you just need to pop into a place with the essentials. You have got to swipe to see the snap-out clutch - leopard on one side and FUN beautifully stamped on the other? THIS IS OUR KIND OF BAG, PEOPLE. ..... You know all the things about @able- how they employ women around the world and here in Nashville and how they are devoted to ending poverty AND making highest quality products. I love them you love them we love them. ..... Also. ALSO. You want a code, yes? 😏 Use “FUN15” to get 15% off the +ANNIE TOTE+ ... and actually? 15% off SITE WIDE. Yes for real! ..... The +ANNIE TOTE+ and all my current @able faves here: https://www.livefashionable.com/pages/able-x-annie ..... Get. Your. Shop. On. 15% off!!! EEK HAPPY TUESDAY!
  • So happy tonight to get to hang with @vanessapatient and her gals as part of the @stjude auction a few weeks ago! We LAUGHED, we shot off confetti poppers, I told them two secrets only my friends know, and we mini-toured my house. It was incredibly fun. ..... Months without meeting new friends at events and hugging like crazy and hearing your stories- I’ve missed it a lot. But this was a taste of that magic thing that happens when we all get in the same place. I sure hope it happens in 2021. ..... Thanks again to Vanessa and friends for donating to @stjude and being my very best friends in Sullivan, Illinois. 🙋🏼‍♀️😂♥️
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    So happy tonight to get to hang with @vanessapatient and her gals as part of the @stjude auction a few weeks ago! We LAUGHED, we shot off confetti poppers, I told them two secrets only my friends know, and we mini-toured my house. It was incredibly fun. ..... Months without meeting new friends at events and hugging like crazy and hearing your stories- I’ve missed it a lot. But this was a taste of that magic thing that happens when we all get in the same place. I sure hope it happens in 2021. ..... Thanks again to Vanessa and friends for donating to @stjude and being my very best friends in Sullivan, Illinois. 🙋🏼‍♀️😂♥️
  • IT’S BFF MONDAY! That’s not a thing but today it is! I am so happy to have @rachelcruze on #thatsoundsfunpodcast talking all about our lives and our money and how important it is to KNOW YOURSELF (yes and amen). ..... You can listen along by searching “That Sounds Fun” in your favorite podcast app- including @spotifypodcasts!- and Rachel is Episode 269! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts! 💸😂♥️
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    IT’S BFF MONDAY! That’s not a thing but today it is! I am so happy to have @rachelcruze on #thatsoundsfunpodcast talking all about our lives and our money and how important it is to KNOW YOURSELF (yes and amen). ..... You can listen along by searching “That Sounds Fun” in your favorite podcast app- including @spotifypodcasts!- and Rachel is Episode 269! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts! 💸😂♥️
  • Tomorrow is my Sabbath, a day to rest and worship. (I have a whole highlight about it and a Q&A on IGTV!) And one of my Sabbath practices is picking an album or two to have as my background music all day. ..... Well, I just got Folklore on vinyl, so yes and amen. But I predict most of my day, I with fill my ears and heart with @crosspointmusicofficial’s new EP Never Stop Singing. ..... Yes it is my church. Yes these are my people. Yes we toured together in early 2020. And YES these songs are a gift to me, to all of us, as we maneuver whatever the world is right now. Worship is a weapon, and a place of surrender, a way to advance and a way to rest. Trust me, something will change when you play these songs in your ears, home, car, or church. ...... I don’t preach at you much (hashtag maybe I do 😂), but can I just encourage you to worship this weekend? Step away from the intake of news, take a deep breath, and turn your eyes up. Turn your voice up. Turn your heart up. It may allow you to grieve or pray or trust in ways you haven’t had space to this week. And it will remind you, like it’s reminding me as I listen right now, that even in the unknown, God is good. ..... “I will lift my hands while I’m waiting Louder than my fears, I will sing May my heart ever be reminded That You are good You are good You are good, Jesus You are.” - You Are ..... You can find this EP everywhere- https://crosspointmusic.lnk.to/NeverStopEP (I’m listening on @spotify because allll the @crosspointmusicofficial songs are there.) ..... May our hearts ever be reminded... ♥️
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    Tomorrow is my Sabbath, a day to rest and worship. (I have a whole highlight about it and a Q&A on IGTV!) And one of my Sabbath practices is picking an album or two to have as my background music all day. ..... Well, I just got Folklore on vinyl, so yes and amen. But I predict most of my day, I with fill my ears and heart with @crosspointmusicofficial’s new EP Never Stop Singing. ..... Yes it is my church. Yes these are my people. Yes we toured together in early 2020. And YES these songs are a gift to me, to all of us, as we maneuver whatever the world is right now. Worship is a weapon, and a place of surrender, a way to advance and a way to rest. Trust me, something will change when you play these songs in your ears, home, car, or church. ...... I don’t preach at you much (hashtag maybe I do 😂), but can I just encourage you to worship this weekend? Step away from the intake of news, take a deep breath, and turn your eyes up. Turn your voice up. Turn your heart up. It may allow you to grieve or pray or trust in ways you haven’t had space to this week. And it will remind you, like it’s reminding me as I listen right now, that even in the unknown, God is good. ..... “I will lift my hands while I’m waiting Louder than my fears, I will sing May my heart ever be reminded That You are good You are good You are good, Jesus You are.” - You Are ..... You can find this EP everywhere- https://crosspointmusic.lnk.to/NeverStopEP (I’m listening on @spotify because allll the @crosspointmusicofficial songs are there.) ..... May our hearts ever be reminded... ♥️
  • We carry on somehow today, even though our American minds are spinning. I’m thankful for @thelazygenius, especially today, as I listened back and even got to ask some questions about yesterday using The Lazy Genius Way grid. This convo gets deeper and more personal than I expected, but that’s what happens when friends FaceTime and record it. 😂 ..... You can join our conversation by searching “That Sounds Fun” in your favorite podcast app- including @spotifypodcasts!- and Kendra is Episode 268! I cannot wait to hear your thoughts!♥️
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    We carry on somehow today, even though our American minds are spinning. I’m thankful for @thelazygenius, especially today, as I listened back and even got to ask some questions about yesterday using The Lazy Genius Way grid. This convo gets deeper and more personal than I expected, but that’s what happens when friends FaceTime and record it. 😂 ..... You can join our conversation by searching “That Sounds Fun” in your favorite podcast app- including @spotifypodcasts!- and Kendra is Episode 268! I cannot wait to hear your thoughts!♥️
  • January 6. Epiphany. ..... This may the the date on the Christian calendar that I’ve come to love the most. The day the wisemen found baby Jesus after a surprisingly confusing journey following a star. ..... I relate so deeply to that story in Matthew 2. Them following the star, obeying as best they knew how, ending up in Jerusalem instead of Bethlehem. Thinking they had messed up somehow, we know 2000 years later that really God was using those kings to spread the message of the newborn Messiah. When obedience leads you somewhere that doesn’t make sense, God is telling a story and an Epiphany is coming. ..... I sat with my journal and calendar yesterday and retraced and recorded some important January 6ths in my life- 2017 at @durhamcathedral being the most memorable one for sure. I won’t tell the story here, but it is all in my book #RememberGod. I have never felt the profound hand of God guiding and caring like I did this night, four years ago. It changed my life. But yesterday I journaled about this exact week over the last few years, because it keeps being one that matters. ..... My counselor said to me in December, “well this always seems to be the time of year when God does something new in your life, can’t wait to see what it is.” And she is right. And because of the journaling and that conversation, I see the pattern too. So I’m looking for Him. I’m expectant. I cannot predict His moves or plans, but I can notice a pattern and be full of hope. ..... May we experience an epiphany today. May we experience Epiphany today. ♥️
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    January 6. Epiphany. ..... This may the the date on the Christian calendar that I’ve come to love the most. The day the wisemen found baby Jesus after a surprisingly confusing journey following a star. ..... I relate so deeply to that story in Matthew 2. Them following the star, obeying as best they knew how, ending up in Jerusalem instead of Bethlehem. Thinking they had messed up somehow, we know 2000 years later that really God was using those kings to spread the message of the newborn Messiah. When obedience leads you somewhere that doesn’t make sense, God is telling a story and an Epiphany is coming. ..... I sat with my journal and calendar yesterday and retraced and recorded some important January 6ths in my life- 2017 at @durhamcathedral being the most memorable one for sure. I won’t tell the story here, but it is all in my book #RememberGod. I have never felt the profound hand of God guiding and caring like I did this night, four years ago. It changed my life. But yesterday I journaled about this exact week over the last few years, because it keeps being one that matters. ..... My counselor said to me in December, “well this always seems to be the time of year when God does something new in your life, can’t wait to see what it is.” And she is right. And because of the journaling and that conversation, I see the pattern too. So I’m looking for Him. I’m expectant. I cannot predict His moves or plans, but I can notice a pattern and be full of hope. ..... May we experience an epiphany today. May we experience Epiphany today. ♥️
  • HASHTAG FOOD BLOGGER ALERT because ya girl made cod tonight. I like fish but I’m always afraid to cook it. Not “chicken will either be dry or poisonous” level afraid, more like “feels as if I could really ruin this” level afraid. ..... But NO FEAR IN THIS HOUSE because I used an amazing recipe from @halfbakedharvest called “Lemony Halibut and Chickpeas”... • but I didn’t have halibut, I had cod. • but I didn’t have chickpeas, I had nopeas. • but i didn’t have enough kale, I had kale plus spinach and yes, stems kinda ruin my life but I tried to just be a grown up about it and eat them. ..... So what I’m saying is I didn’t *exactly* make the recipe, did I? I’m just realizing this in real time. Whoops. Y’all have a great night.
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    HASHTAG FOOD BLOGGER ALERT because ya girl made cod tonight. I like fish but I’m always afraid to cook it. Not “chicken will either be dry or poisonous” level afraid, more like “feels as if I could really ruin this” level afraid. ..... But NO FEAR IN THIS HOUSE because I used an amazing recipe from @halfbakedharvest called “Lemony Halibut and Chickpeas”... • but I didn’t have halibut, I had cod. • but I didn’t have chickpeas, I had nopeas. • but i didn’t have enough kale, I had kale plus spinach and yes, stems kinda ruin my life but I tried to just be a grown up about it and eat them. ..... So what I’m saying is I didn’t *exactly* make the recipe, did I? I’m just realizing this in real time. Whoops. Y’all have a great night.
  • Absolutely no better way to kick off 2021 on #thatsoundsfunpodcast than Charles Martin (@storiedcareer). There are certain days of the year that I want us to be pastored and Charles did that today. Take a deep breath, grab your journal or open your notes app, and hit play. ..... Just go to wherever you love to listen to podcasts and search for “That Sounds Fun”- including on @spotifypodcasts!- and Charles is Episode 267! ..... Want to read Charles’s new book They Turned The World Upside Down together in January?!? Mine arrives tomorrow! So go order your copy and let’s read it this month! ♥️
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    Absolutely no better way to kick off 2021 on #thatsoundsfunpodcast than Charles Martin (@storiedcareer). There are certain days of the year that I want us to be pastored and Charles did that today. Take a deep breath, grab your journal or open your notes app, and hit play. ..... Just go to wherever you love to listen to podcasts and search for “That Sounds Fun”- including on @spotifypodcasts!- and Charles is Episode 267! ..... Want to read Charles’s new book They Turned The World Upside Down together in January?!? Mine arrives tomorrow! So go order your copy and let’s read it this month! ♥️