Dreaming – Red Tent Living

Watching Out the Window

By: redtentwomen May 5, 2019May 4, 2019

Day to Day, Faith, Intentional LivingBecoming Myself, Dreaming, Eliza Cortes Bast, Female Leader, Female Minister, Remembering, Working mom3 Comments

These days I spend a lot of time staring out of the window. As I’ve aged, I’ve become more of an internal processor. I balance all of the competing priorities in my life: person, wife, mother, daughter, doctoral student, executive, friend, minister. So, while sitting in front of the window, I entertain a carousel of…

Loving Her Well

By: redtentwomen December 14, 2017December 13, 2017

Day to Day, relationshipsAnna Smith, Dreaming, Motherhood, Recovery from Abuse, Restore One, The Anchor House3 Comments

“Do you love me?” say the blue grey eyes of my 12 week old daughter, Asha, as she stares at me. I respond, “We’ve been doing this for a while, haven’t we my love?”

Dreaming With Hope

By: redtentwomen January 4, 2017January 4, 2017

Day to Day, Intentional Living, WarriorA New Year, A21, Dreaming, Dressember Foundation, Ellen Oelsen, Hope, Human Trafficking, Recovery from Abuse, Risk2 Comments

My friend called me after reading my last Red Tent Living Post. He is not just any friend, he is my friend whom I trust and love as a brother.

Rejection Slips

By: redtentwomen November 18, 2016November 15, 2016

LiteratureCreative Writing, Dreaming, Elizabeth Kurz, Flannery O'Connor, Libby Kurz, MFA, Natalie Goldberg, Passion, Poet, Poetry, Rob Bell, Write what you love, Write what's true, Writing6 Comments

“You do not write the best you can for the sake of art, but for the sake of returning your talent increased to the invisible God, to use or not use as He sees fit.” –Flannery O’Connor I remember sitting in the post office parking lot that day, the heat of mid May filling my…

Let’s Keep Going

By: redtentwomen November 17, 2016January 3, 2017

Intentional Livingboundaries, Dreaming, Julie McClay, Parenting, parenting adult children, Reparenting, self-care, Teaching7 Comments

Once upon a time it was not okay to say, “No, thank you.” Somewhere along the journey of life, my no was swallowed up by duty and obedience.

Dreaming Again

By: redtentwomen November 2, 2016October 31, 2016

Intentional LivingAging, Dreaming, Faith, forgiveness, God, Grandmother, loving your grandchildren, Mary Jane Hamilton, Ministry Burnout, Reconnecting, Seasons10 Comments

After spending time with my grandchildren and my brother I am finding my heart to be more tender than I had known previously.

Accepting the Invitation.

By: redtentwomen October 6, 2016October 2, 2016

Intentional LivingAJ Keller, Community, companionship, courage, Dog-lover, Dreaming, Invitation, Risk, vulnerability, Wild at Heart5 Comments

Ten minutes before I am even aware of the darkening clouds outside, I feel his brown eyes seeking my attention.

The Return

By: redtentwomen August 28, 2015August 25, 2015

TravelAnna Hull, daily pressures, Dreaming, fresh start, friends, San Jose, True to yourself, vacation2 Comments

“Anna, are you coming back soon? I miss you.”

In Praise of Smallness

By: redtentwomen June 18, 2015August 2, 2015

Day to Day, Intentional Livingchange our world, Counseling, Dan Allender, Dr. Maria Montessori, Dreaming, It's Your Life, Recovery Week, St. Therese of Lisieux, Sue Kranz, Wounded Heart Seminar6 Comments

“You’re re-inventing yourself, aren’t you?”

My ambivalent relationship with cooking

By: redtentwomen February 6, 2015August 4, 2015

The Homebaking, Cooking, Dreaming, Eating, Food, Grace, Hope, Katy Johnson, Love, Marriage, taste, unfolding2 Comments

I had the chance to pick the featured image for the month of February at Red Tent Living. And I knew it needed to be food—rich, decadent, effort-induced food.