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When Words are Too Much
Sometimes my words are just too many, not that God won't listen, but I don't need to hear my words again. I don't need to rehash my...
Lauren Mitchell
Mar 16, 20241 min read


A New Approach to Fighting Wrinkles
I've developed deep wrinkles in between my eyebrows. you know, they call them elevens. I’ve decided I’m going to view them as a...
Lauren Mitchell
Jan 26, 20242 min read


What Do I Give Myself to
What do I give myself to? What takes my energy?
Lauren Mitchell
Jan 19, 20242 min read


Run Like a Naked Two Year Old
Yep, you read that correctly. That's how I want to run my race till I get to heaven. I wrote this years ago, but I needed it today....
Lauren Mitchell
Jan 10, 20244 min read


Looking With Your Heart
Holding life with open hands takes practice. I'll be practicing it until my last breath
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 29, 20232 min read


Thanksgiving Hopes
I don't know where Thanksgiving is landing you, full of anticipation or anxiety...or a little of both.
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 17, 20231 min read


What's Chasing You?
What's chasing you?
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 8, 20232 min read


The Days Are Evil
Days trick us into thinking we have more time or less time. We have to stop looking at them and look at God for our plans.
Lauren Mitchell
Sep 29, 20232 min read


Put Your Pencils Down
God isn’t like me. He doesn’t have tunnel vision for what I get wrong. He can assess not focus solely on what needs improvement.
Lauren Mitchell
Aug 18, 20232 min read


What We Choose
Why do I choose other peoples words and allow them to speak over me more than I choose God’s words?
Lauren Mitchell
Jan 16, 20232 min read


Enlarged in the Waiting
Waiting creates space. It creates stillness. Outside things stop, lesser things are pushed aside. We can either fill this space in our...
Lauren Mitchell
Dec 19, 20222 min read


Time is Not On Our Side
We have twenty-four hours in a day... that’s it. We never get twenty-five. Sixty minutes in every hour of our lives. No matter how hard...
Lauren Mitchell
Sep 19, 20222 min read


With All My Heart
I always feel like I need to figure things out. My brain rarely stops calculating and planning. I waste so much energy trying to...
Lauren Mitchell
Aug 8, 20222 min read


Fading Fast
Summer is fading and I’m desperate to make her last. My Enneagram one self, even though I try not to show her that much in public, feels...
Lauren Mitchell
Jul 29, 20221 min read


Less and More
Less thinking and more thanking. I wrote this on my bathroom mirror. It's a safeguard for my mind this week.
Lauren Mitchell
May 11, 20222 min read


Flowing
Abundance isn’t about my provision. It’s a shift from a mindset of earning or deserving to a mindset of believing and receiving.
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 29, 20212 min read


Blurry
The times I seem to need this most are the ones I don’t stop to do it. I just put my head down and try to fight through the blurry.
Why??
Lauren Mitchell
Nov 12, 20212 min read


Hold the Pumpkin; I'm just spicy.
What are you doing because it's expected? How are you letting culture push you around and tell you that valuable means loud and obvious?
Lauren Mitchell
Oct 29, 20212 min read


P is for Pumpkin...and prayer...and a couple other things
Pray helps when desperately need perspective. I can get severe tunnel vision. When I start to fixate on things, prayer moves me forward.
Lauren Mitchell
Sep 24, 20213 min read


He Said Practice Not Perfect
You know when you read a really familiar passage of scripture and see something you’ve seen a hundred times, but a new word jumps out at...
Lauren Mitchell
Jun 11, 20212 min read
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