by Gwen | Aug 3, 2020 | Anxiety, Beauty, Challenges, Community, COVID-19, Education, Faith, Grace, Hope, Jesus, Love, Truth, Uncategorized, Unity
I read somewhere that when two people look at the world one may see hate and division and darkness while the other sees beauty, love, and light. The interesting thing is that regardless of who does the looking, it’s the same world. We get to choose how we look at it. No one else chooses for us. But our choices make all the difference in how we walk through this time. The truth is that we still have much more than we have lost. We can choose to bring our best selves to the hard, messy work of finding our way forward though this new landscape, together. We have each other and we have grace. And that is more than enough.
by Gwen | Jul 15, 2020 | America, Arkansas, Basics, Brokenness, Challenges, Church, Community, Family, Forgiveness, Freedom, Friendship, Grace, Heathcliff, Home, Hope, Jesus, Joy, Justice, Love, Marriage, Peace, Relationships, Stella, Truth, Uncategorized, Unity, weirdness
Let us be the people who decide to be different from the crowd. Let us be the movers and shakers–the leaders–who show the rest of Arkansas how it’s done. Let us reject the narrative that it has to be either/or. Let us be weird and different from the whole world if that’s what it takes to also be wonderful. We can find the courage in our hearts to lock arms and stand together on the middle ground. Some might say I’m naive, but I know we can do it. Let this be the place where reconciliation begins!
by Gwen | Jun 20, 2020 | Authenticity, Basics, Church, Community, COVID-19, Faith, Freedom, Grace, Hope, Jesus, Prayer, Unity
I’ve not been sleeping well. The further I go in this State Rep race, the more corruption I see. In my life I’ve been challenged but not often daunted by the tasks I’ve faced. Now, every day, I feel like a child with a slingshot standing in front of a fully-armed...
by Gwen | May 22, 2020 | Authenticity, Freedom, Jesus, Perfection, Public speaking, Riverside Chats, Writing
Real public service requires trust which requires honesty. It’s not about upholding an image or fealty to a party. It’s not creating a club whose members agree on everything. It’s not an act that follows a script. It’s about showing up real and offering all that you are to help people.
by Gwen | May 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Here’s to mothers I have known: My own mother who loved me into being, who spoke truths into me that I became. The person I am always travelling from and also toward, no matter my journey. Her mother. My sister-in-law who is my sister. Who mothers my kids. Who...
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