God – Red Tent Living

A Hero’s Journey

By: redtentwomen July 11, 2024February 19, 2024

Art, Faith, Monthly Themes, WholeheartedFaith, God, Poetry, Taylor White, Trusting God1 Comment

I am on a hero’s journey. To where? I do not know. All I do is chooseto show up each day As a bright light As a brave heart As burning hope.

I Don’t Think God Is a Man

By: redtentwomen June 20, 2024March 25, 2024

Art, Faith, Monthly ThemesAmber Jimerson, Faith, God, poem, Poetry2 Comments

I think god made the trees to remind me to breathe and to stand when everything changes and to make something majestic out of this crookedness.

Simple, Not Easy

By: redtentwomen January 16, 2024December 14, 2023

Day to Day, Faith, Monthly Themes, relationshipsConversations, Faith, God, Parenting, Vanessa Sadler6 Comments

Silence was the language of my childhood—in our home, in the car, walking side-by-side. When our kids were born, I wanted to make sure car rides were filled with music and laughter and conversation. Some of the very best of the latter have taken place on the way to school. Here is one of my…

Distracted

By: redtentwomen May 3, 2023May 3, 2023

Day to Day, Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesAimee S, Busyness, C.S. Lewis, Distraction, God, Wednesday in the Weeds, wildness1 Comment

It is that stage in life where the day feels so full that there is barely room to breathe. With working full time, my day is brimming with stories, complaints, and check lists. My time at home is marked by conversations with my husband, bedtimes, and dishes. It is sweet to stop and breathe in cuddles with our…

The Holy Rebel

By: redtentwomen June 15, 2022June 7, 2022

Day to Day, Faith, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesFaith, God, God with us, Marcia Thomas, Rethinking Faith, Wednesday in the Weeds3 Comments

“Safe? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the king, I tell you.” – Mr. Beaver* My favorite grocery store is five miles east of my home, down a two-lane highway in the middle of a forest preserve. Forest preserves are Illinois’s excuse for nature. No buildings are allowed…

Anger Unpacked

By: redtentwomen May 25, 2018May 25, 2018

FaithAnger, Divorce, Faith, God, Marriage, Natasha StevensLeave a Comment

Sitting in between half packed boxes and newspaper crumbles, tears flowing for what felt like an eternity, I began my tirade: God, I am SO ANGRY with You. You don’t love me at all. So instead of me following anything You have to tell me, I am going to ignore You and anything and anyone…