Red Tent Living

Breakups

By: redtentwomen May 24, 2019May 24, 2019

Day to Day, relationshipsAnna Smith, betrayal, Friendship, Lasting Friendship, Mending Broken Relationships3 Comments

During my tenth-grade year of high school, my best friend Brooke and I experienced the thrilling highs and devastating lows of dating relationships. Guys, at the time, were equally magical and unnerving, and we learned quickly that we needed a trustworthy gal pal to navigate the tricky waters of understanding guys. Together we made a…

Red Book Jackets

By: redtentwomen May 23, 2019May 22, 2019

Day to Day, Monthly ThemesLeslie McCarthy, Poetry3 Comments

She longed to be in a room by the sea Clean, but cluttered with old furniture and books with red covers Left laying open to where she last stopped reading Where they could lie together in the morning Looking out at the ocean with no agenda, no plan Just there, for as long as they…

A Stormy Heart

By: redtentwomen May 22, 2019May 21, 2019

Day to Day, Monthly ThemesComparison, Dan Allender, envy, Flannery O'Connor, Passion, Susan Tucker9 Comments

We were standing in the middle of her bedroom when a clap of thunder rumbled. The shades were drawn over the large windows, obscuring the view of the sprawling farm outside and the storm clouds overhead. When she lived here, Flannery O’Connor would have kept the shades wide open so she could watch her beloved…

Garden Truths: What a pair of hedge trimmers has to say about life.

By: redtentwomen May 21, 2019May 20, 2019

Day to Day, GardeningGardening, Katy Johnson, Pruning, Spring Gardening, Welcoming Summer3 Comments

There’s an ache to my lower back as I stoop and stretch for the next dead branch with my hedge trimmers. Waste bins and brown recyclable bags checker yards up and down the street. Interspersed between each bin, neighbors gather dead things, heaving last year’s baggage away so summer can begin again. Together our bodies…

Safe Harbors

By: redtentwomen May 20, 2019May 19, 2019

Day to Day, Femininity, Monthly Themes, relationshipsBarbara, Mothering, Motherless Daugthers, Recovering from Trauma2 Comments

I am passionate about mothers. Or more specifically, those who grew up without one. Maybe they grew up with a mom who was there but addicted to a substance. Or perhaps they had a mom who was in the home but in her mind was longing to be somewhere else and did not engage with…

Something She’s Ready For

By: redtentwomen May 17, 2019May 16, 2019

Day to Day, FemininityAlison Shields, Empowered Women, India, vulnerability, Women in the workplace, Women Leading2 Comments

I transitioned from standing at the front of an auditorium scrolling through powerpoint slides to filling my plate in the buffet line at the restaurant in the heart of Delhi. My company sent my boss and me to facilitate a design thinking workshop for our team in India. As I was filling my plate with…

Deep Waters

By: redtentwomen May 15, 2019May 16, 2019

Intentional Living, WarriorChaupadi, Kristen Roeters, Nepal, Women's RightsLeave a Comment

I have spent the vast majority of my professional life navigating spaces dominated by men. I have patted myself on the back for refusing to conform, pursuing jobs that are less “girly”, and those that require less emotion and more logic. I have felt strong, stoic, and independent.

Exhale

By: redtentwomen May 14, 2019May 16, 2019

LiteratureBreathe, Michelle Gregoire Gill, Poetry1 Comment

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Exhale. Not my strong point. I—N—H—A—L—E, in in in in in in fill it to the tippy top Now hold, all full of life, love, everything everything Don’t. want. to. let. it. go.

Staying Alive

By: redtentwomen May 13, 2019May 12, 2019

Day to Day, Faith, relationshipsBethany, Bethany Cabell, child phsychiatiry, Childhood mental illness, neuropsychiatry3 Comments

Did you know that statistically one in five children in the United States experience a mental illness? One out of five. Think about that for just a moment. It doesn’t seem possible, does it? Mental health continues to be a subject that most of us know very little about. Unless we are personally acquainted with…

A Personal Struggle Towards Activism

By: redtentwomen May 10, 2019May 9, 2019

Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly Themesactivism, Be The Bridge, Faith, injustice, Jacqui Lewis, Jesus, Latasha Morrison, Racism, Richard Rohr12 Comments

Every one of us needs to be an activist if we want to heal this world. Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis Have you ever encountered someone whose words, presence, and actions were so consistent and compelling that you recognized the significance of the moment, the need to pay close attention? Jacqui Lewis is one of those…