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The Choice to Love My Actual Life

Alexandra Kuykendall is my mentor in the things that are right before me - embracing them as the gifts they are. Read on and learn to...

Friendship What Ifs

When it comes to making new friends, what holds you back? Follow along as Jessica Fick goes first by sharing her friendship fears. Elisa...

Sorry Not Sorry

Have you ever stopped to keep track of how many times the word “sorry” seeps into your vocabulary - and why? Follow along with Sarah...

Sing Loudly

Ever struggle with being “too much” in certain settings? Too powerful? Too bold? Too loud? My friend Erin Reynolds reflects on this...

Obey the Last Known Order

Ever get the itch to leave? Your job ... your city ... your life? Wonder why God keeps you in place? Read on as Sara Stowell wrestles...

Live Loved

As we walk through Holy Week, consider the action of this woman who loved extravagently ... Elisa Live Loved By Elisa Morgan While he was...

The Mothering of God

Most of us understand God as Father, but do we know him as Mother? Scripture refers to God as Mother in several passages. Consider how...

The Present Moment

What are you attending to today? Right now? Are you IN this present moment? Or will you miss it? Read on as Really Blog Manager, Carla...

The Human Element

Technology challenges most of us. How much is too much? How do we keep up? Why should we care? How do we stay in charge of it rather than...

A Moment Without

Back and forth, my neck pivoted to follow the artist above. She swung and released, twirled and caught, arched and repeated, time after...

God Owes Me or So I Thought

When I'm honest, certain thoughts bubble just beneath the surface of my thinking. I rarely notice their influence. But when I pause to...

Yours Truly

The work of being "you" can get unnecessarily complicated. My friend, Adele Calhoun, is spot-on when she encourages us to be free from...

Listen Bigger

Do you know - really know - what God is asking of you NOW? Really Blog Manager Carla Foote wrestled to discern God's leading, and...

When the Song is Gone

What do you do when the usual ways you hear from God go silent? My friend, Donna Fagerstrom, shares a poignant and personal story of how...

Learning to Like January

One year ago we began the adventure of this blog, "Really." Thanks for journeying with us in 2015 and now into 2016! We are repeating our...

How Was Your Christmas? Honestly ...

Christmas is supposed to be one of those lovely seasons - right? Except when it's not. Except when it's broken. Here we are, just a few...

Apples for Christmas

What's the best Christmas present you ever received? A shiny bike? Your first cellphone? An engagement ring? Most of us can name...

Why Black is So Beautiful

I first "met" Patricia Raybon through her book, My First White Friend. Now I know Patricia as one of my dear black friends. And without a...

The Beauty of a Reclaimed Life

Ever wonder if God can "reclaim" your life for his purposes? Your messy, broken, needy jumble of days? Sweet friend, Michele Cushatt,...

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