Red Tent Dinners – Red Tent Living

Painting a Vision

By: redtentwomen February 26, 2021February 1, 2021

Day to Day, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, Red Tent Dinner, relationships, The HomeJack Vettriano, Marriage, Marriage Struggles, Red Tent Dinners, Storms of Life, Telling Your Story, Tracy Johnson14 Comments

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.” – Billy, age 4, defining love If you were to come to a Red Tent dinner at my home, we would sit in my dining room. The table, purchased twenty years ago at…

Anam Cara

By: redtentwomen January 28, 2019January 26, 2019

Day to Day, Dinner, Intentional LivingA New Year, Change, desire, Grief, Hope, Red Tent Dinners, Susan Tucker6 Comments

“Never let the fire in your heart go out. Keep it alive.” Romans 12:11 The entrance into the new year has surprisingly been held in the embrace of anam ċara. “Anam ċara means soul friend,” John O’Donohue writes. “The anam ċara was a person to whom you could reveal the hidden intimacies of your life.…

Braving On.

By: redtentwomen September 28, 2017September 28, 2017

Day to Day, Red Tent Dinner, WholeheartedBrave On Conference, Brené Brown, Jen Hatmaker, Nichole Nordeman, Red Tent Dinners, Sarah Bessey, Tracy Johnson3 Comments

I can’t seem to stop taking a mental inventory of my backpack and suitcase, the one somewhere in the belly of this plane, not the one still holding some of the contents from my trip to Grand Rapids for Brave On over the weekend.

Red Tent Dinner: Can I come?

By: redtentwomen November 1, 2016November 1, 2016

Red Tent DinnerAgainst All Grain, Allergen Sensitive Dinner Parties, Bethany Cabell, Building Friendship, Building Relationship, Danielle Walker, Dinner Party, Hostessing, Inclusion, Outside the Office, Red Tent Dinners, Savoring Food13 Comments

“Hoping your day unfolds smoothly and that your dinner tonight is lovely and all you are hoping it will be.”

Red Tent Dinner: Taking a Risk on Second Chances

By: redtentwomen September 22, 2016September 21, 2016

Red Tent DinnerBuilding Friendship, Dinner Party, Easy Dinner Parties, Hostessing, Katy Johnson, Red Tent Dinners, Richard Rohr, Savoring Food, Second Chances, Spring Sweet, T.S. Eliot6 Comments

I read the email over again, seeking to ensure it said exactly what I meant. Asking felt so risky. This whole dinner felt risky. Why had I agreed to this?

Red Tent Dinner: An Evening at the Lake

By: redtentwomen August 30, 2016August 30, 2016

Red Tent DinnerBuilding Friendship, Dinner Party, Easy Dinner Parties, Hostessing, Mary Jane Hamilton, Red Tent Dinners, Savoring Food2 Comments

Lake Michigan provided the beautiful backdrop for my first Red Tent Dinner. I invited 7 ladies to gather on my patio to savor the goodness of wine and salads. Each one brought their favorite salad to share and I provided my signature chocolate chip cookies. There is nothing like women, salads and cookies to make…