I just finished Jen Hatmaker‘s book 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess. And it rocked my world. She spent seven months fasting seven things: clothes, food, stress, media, shopping, waste, possessions–each one for one month. While her story was entirely inspiring, and her voice is wickedly genuine and amazing, what niggled at me was God’s [...]

Something insidious happens after trauma. It’s called grief. It’s called shock. It’s called the long road of healing. Folks might want you to minister in the aftershock, but you can’t. You can’t even see your way down the dark tunnel. This was France for me. And its aftermath has lasted five painful (but growing) years. [...]

I adore my friend Sarah Markley. She pretty much rocks it in every area. So it’s always a blessing when she writes for me. May her honesty and grit inspire you today. What would it look like for you to live uncaged in 2012? Living uncaged for me would be truly practicing what I preach. [...]

This is a great day! Why? Because the illustrious Emily Freeman is here, and I like her excessively. And, it’s my birthday! Woot! I’m older than most of you reading this, most likely (and wiser? well, that’s to be determined). And I’m giving away another birdy uncaged necklace. Answer the question at the bottom of [...]

I had the privilege of receiving a scholarship to last year’s Relevant Conference. I learned so much, and God really helped me hone who I was as a blogger and gave me great direction there. Not only that, but I got to connect with so many awesome women. So I’m super excited to announce the [...]

I’m excited to have my friend Lisa Whittle here today to talk about what it means for her to live uncaged. She wrote a spectacular book entitled {w}hole. If the premise intrigues you (and I’m pretty sure it will), you can purchase the book here. And now onto my interview of Lisa. What would it [...]

I am amazed at my sister Shelley. She has three awesome boys, a husband in seminary, and an artistic bent I deeply admire and resonate with. She recently relocated from Seattle to Oregon and is living in the land of transition right now. Please welcome her here. She has a design blog, Bohemian Hellhole, that [...]

My business coach, Denise Martin (who is amazing), asked me to do an exercise a few weeks ago. I hemmed and hawed a bit, then finally got to it. And I was shocked at the repercussions. You may know me as a driven person. I certainly know myself this way. I don’t like that, and [...]

I’m thrilled to have my friend Thomas Umstattd with us today, chatting about how he lives uncaged. Thomas does awesome websites and teaches about social media around the country. He owns Author Media, the folks behind this site and my new site Write Uncaged. We’ve known each other a few years now, and I’m thankful [...]

When I lived in Washington state (where I grew up), my hubby and I had a really unique set of friends from church. The wives were dear friends, and we got together quite a bit, celebrating birthdays and just life in general. As I look back now, I see how sweet that was. Here’s a [...]