It’s always fun to look back and remember what a year held. Not only the events or what I actually did, but how I felt inside. The older I get the more my heart resides within the feelings of the experiences. The relationships made. The connections nurtured. The way my humanity intersected with those I […]
MS 101 Jim & Lynne Jackson: Discipline that Connects
Welcome to episode 101 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. Join Jacque’s video e-course:  ConnectingWithYourTeen.com Sign up for coaching with Jacque –> HERE “Like” The Mud Stories Facebook Page –> HERE Today […]
MS 086 {Preshow}: Kaitlyn Bouchillon
Welcome to the Mud Stories PRESHOW! Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. Join our gathering place: The Mud Stories Gathering,  a closed group on Facebook: (http://www.facebook.com/groups/mudstoriesgathering) This week, Kaitlyn Bouchillon is our […]
MS 056 Emily P. Freeman: Embracing Smallness, Simply Tuesday, and A Place For Our Souls to Breathe
Welcome to episode 056 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking with Emily P. Freeman, blogger, writer, and author, who believes the soul is often […]
When You Long to Gather and Be Included
I want to gather with the important people and tour the important places and feel like I belong. And it makes me feel so small to even admit it. I think the longing comes from the way I’ve come to know them as close friends through their writing. They’ve chosen to put themselves out there […]
How to Become a Better Friend {Releasing Expectations}
I hadn’t heard from her in over a month. And I didn’t feel a release to send another message until I did. Because sometimes, in a friendship, we need space. We need to process all that’s happening inside and respond when our heart is ready—when we have something meaningful to say. And that’s what I […]
When You Dare to BE in Community :: (in)RL 2014
It’s a scary thing to drive an hour alone and knock on a complete stranger’s door. Because who knows what you’ll find, when you meet on the other side of a computer screen? Maybe there’ll be cat hair on the couch and toilets with rings all the way around? Or maybe an attitude of pretense, […]
When Relationships Become Idols {Love Idol}
I don’t remember what we talked about each Sunday morning, but I looked forward to every Sunday school class in 6th grade. And while it’s true I liked going to see the cute boy who was there, mostly I liked how Mrs. Moore talked about God–almost like she knew Him on a first-name basis and had […]
How to Sail Into a God-sized Dream
Last January I joined a team of dreamers, and set off to pursue my God-sized dream—a dream that was bigger than me. I set sail into uncharted waters–toward unknown destinations, excited for the adventure ahead. I watched many of the other God-sized dreamers name their dreams, but I had a hard time naming mine. My […]
How the Truth Will Always Rise
The first storm of the year blankets the mountain white, and the falling snow rises onto everything. We drive up the hill in the sunshine of the next day, and to this California girl, it’s a winter wonder. Icicles hang themselves in mid-air, and snow sits tall on every branch and rock. It’s perched there, […]
