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I’m a coach and educator exploring faith, Scripture, and personal development. Through two newsletters (9 Lumens & Illuminate), I tell the stories of women and Scripture and hold space for the kind of thinking that leads to meaningful change for women, pastors, and leaders.
October Reader, "Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives who were in prison with me; they are prominent among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.” Romans 16:7, NRSV Did you catch that Paul uses our phrases in that verse to describe her? My relatives In prison with me Prominent among the apostles In Christ before I was Think about that for a second. Paul is telling us his relative Junia followed Christ before he did, in years when believers were being persecuted. And she was...
September 2026 Insights Insights from the work: what clients are navigating, what I’m learning, and ways to keep growing. Reader, I couldn't sleep the night after I recorded my Story Spotlight for the Type·ish Spiritual Formation Summit. My brain went into overdrive with all the classic Enneagram 3 lines: I shared too much. I shared too little and didn't sound authentic. What was I thinking saying yes to this? What will Tyler think of me? Did I meet his expectations? Ugh... I could go on and...
October Reader, If there is ONE thing I've learned from living in the United States for 24 years this month, it's that "college" means one thing to Americans and an entirely different thing to Canadians. I learned pretty quickly that I can't say "I weight lifted in college." Which, while true, makes Americans picture me on a full-ride sports scholarship at a university like the University of Washington, which they call college. I had to change that language fast. A Canadian, though, would...