Acceptance – Red Tent Living

Weathering Lyme

By: redtentwomen February 16, 2018February 15, 2018

Day to Day, relationshipsAcceptance, Lara Jackson, Living with Lyme Disease, Lyme Disease, Marriage7 Comments

One measly tick changed our lives when it bit my husband and infected our lives.

You belong.

By: redtentwomen November 16, 2016November 15, 2016

Intentional Living, relationshipsAcceptance, Beauty, Belief, belonging, Faith, Hope, immigration, Inclusion, Katy Johnson, Love, Social Justice, The Election, the safety pin movement7 Comments

3 months ago, in the sunny warmth of August, I blindly agreed to speak at youth group for the month of November.

Five O’Clock Friends

By: redtentwomen October 21, 2016October 16, 2016

Literature, relationshipsAcceptance, authenticity, can i come?, Community, Elizabeth Kurz, Elton John, Friendship, Grace, Jazz, Moving, new beginnings, Risk, Rocket Man11 Comments

A few months ago my piano teacher asked me to pick out a song in the key of B flat major.

Believing the Invitation.

By: redtentwomen October 13, 2016October 13, 2016

relationshipsAcceptance, bully, bullying, Clare Marlow, Friendship, heartbreak, Jesus, Junior High School, Love of Jesus, Rejection, self worth, self-care4 Comments

It was the last day of sixth grade, one of the few grades when I actually liked my teacher.

I love you.

By: redtentwomen October 10, 2016October 9, 2016

relationshipsAcceptance, Beauty, Belief, Change, Death, Faith, Friendship, growing faith, heartbreak, Honesty, Hope, Katy Johnson, Love, loyalty15 Comments

I am not always great at asking for care. I think some of that lingers from childhood, growing up in a house where not making a mess or being a mess was considered a strength.

Into Eden

By: redtentwomen September 16, 2016September 16, 2016

Day to DayAcceptance, Anna Hull, Church, courage, Death, Faith, Fear, God, Grief, Jesus, Love1 Comment

Think of the frustration that comes from listening to a dog constantly bark in the background while you’re trying to hold a conversation.

If God and I went to counseling…

“Theology is simply what we think about God and then living that truth out in our right now lives.” -Sarah Bessey

In Her Eyes

By: redtentwomen August 11, 2016September 7, 2016

relationshipsAbuse, Acceptance, Erin O'Connor, Grandmother, Innocence, Kindness, Love, Surviving Sexual Abuse11 Comments

A treat was toast, thick with sweet creamery butter and sugar on top, velvety crisp with pops of crunchy sweet granules between our teeth.

Currahee

By: redtentwomen July 21, 2016July 21, 2016

Day to DayAcceptance, America, Anna Hull, Band of Brothers, Conviction, courage, Death, Ending Violence, Faith, Fear, God, Grief, Jesus, Love, Psalm 275 Comments

I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD! Psalm 27:13-14

Neyse Ne

By: redtentwomen May 11, 2016May 19, 2016

Travel, WarriorAcceptance, Growth, Neyse Ne, open hearts ministry, Process, Sexual Abuse, Tracy Johnson, Turkey, Turkish Coffee12 Comments

The call to prayer echoed down the canyon between Istanbul and Ankara as we sat in our circle high in the mountains.