September 2026 Reader A couple of years ago, I watched a documentary about mosaics in Zeugma being uncovered- two-thousand-year-old pieces of art, buried for centuries, now being brought back into the light. One shot stayed with me: the camera zoomed in on a woman's face in the tiles, a mythological figure, stunning in her own right. Then the camera pulled back as they began brushing away more of the earth and silt. She was one piece of an enormous mosaic. The larger mythological tale...
5 days ago • 2 min read
September 2026 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, Would you be up for testing something for me before it goes "really public"? Tyler Zach, who I met on a podcast in 2023 (Tyler is a 3w4 and I'm a 3w2) invited me to be a Story Spotlight guest for his upcoming Type'ish Spiritual Formation EnneaSummit. I'll be talking about being an Enneagram 3 and needing to step back from "performing by serving" at church. still...
10 days ago • 2 min read
September 2026 Phoebe, Prisca, Aquila, Epaenetus, Mary, Andronicus, Junia, Ampliatus, Urbanus, Stachys, Apelles, Aristobulus, Herodian, Narcissus, Tryphaena, Tryphosa, Persis, Rufus, Rufus's mother, Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, Philologus, Julia, Nereus, Nereus's sister, Olympas. That's the full list of names Paul greets in Romans 16. Unless you can read ancient Greek, I'd guess it would be hard to tell how many are women. The answer is ten. That's almost one-third. And of...
17 days ago • 3 min read
September 2026 Hi [First Name], I'm writing this feeling raw, and the need to be honest with you. I went to bed exhausted and almost crying last night. I probably should have just let myself, but this Enneagram 3, for some reason, finds tears a bit too much to bear. The irony of trying to share with you about the incredible love of God, our Heavenly Father, whom we can trust with His timing...and going to bed feeling disappointed in myself and my brain telling me I'm a failure...was literally...
22 days ago • 3 min read
September 2026 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, What you'll find in this email: A job I didn't know I was finishing Transition is different than change What a September New Year could look like for you An online catalog of 9 lumens offerings is always here Our youngest graduated from high school in June. And perhaps it's my Enneagram 3 language here, but considering I was pregnant with our oldest when we moved...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
August 2026 Hi [First Name], Tomorrow, an email goes out to the broader Illuminate community. But you’re hearing it from me first, as you’re part of the Living Room. What’s in this email: 1. The October Immersion (Oct 16–17) 2. September sessions and events The October Immersion Twice this year, I planned Illuminate events that I had to cancel due to low or no registrations. While disappointing to cancel both times, it turned out God was clearing the way for something else. One of those times...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
August 2026 Reader, Prayer. What comes to mind when you hear that word? What was prayer like for you as a child? Did you have women in mind when you thought about it? I ask because I could put those same questions to women around the world, any age, any stage, any season, and I'm sure no two answers would be the same. This email is a bit different. It's an invitation to join Lectio 365's Global Week of Prayer, but first, a few thoughts on women and prayer. This month marks the 10th...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
August 2026 Women of Exodus Hi [First Name], I do wish I hadn't turned off "record" last night — but I've noticed that some of you don't say much when the recording is on. So honestly, I don't know if we would have had the rich conversation we did afterward even if I'd kept recording. But the way Amy summed up Zipporah — brave, courageous, decisive — and then pointed out how the world wants to diminish obedience. Gasp. Which led me to thinking about a coaching question I was given early in my...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
May 2026 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, Trying to talk about 27 years of Type 3 & Type 1 marriage in a 40-minute podcast felt like skipping rocks across the surface of a very deep pond. Six years ago, when Neil walked in the door angry, I spiraled into performance. Not anymore. He's done his work with anger, I've done mine with performance, and daily inner work is what has left us both more grounded —...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read