Lauren Mitchell
Looking Forward
Looking forward from 45 is not as fun as it was when I was looking forward from 18. There are less events on the horizon that seem...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Be Kind to Yourself
Give yourself a minute. Process Christmas because it's always a mixture of beautiful and hard, lovely and hustle. We don't let ourselves...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
Don't Get Your Hopes UP!
We may not have said this, but we have thought it at some point. As we age, we have been disappointed enough that we want to guard...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
Peace...Illusive???
I have to choose belief to feel peace. I have to choose belief to feel grace. Then I have to choose to stand up in it. “Therefore, since...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Nov 4, 2022
- 2 min
Who Am I Disappointing?
Who do we most fear disappointing? How do we make our decisions? How much time do we spend thinking about what others think of us? How...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Oct 21, 2022
- 2 min
Dancing or Crying??
Jesus, you can take the wheel. Also, can you help me let go of it? Thanks.
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Lauren Mitchell
- Sep 19, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Aug 8, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Lauren Mitchell
- May 15, 2022
- 3 min
To Be not To Do
I pray that you will make me fit for what you are calling me to do. That's what I wrote, but that's not what the verse said. It actually...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Jan 23, 2022
- 3 min
Expectations Anonymous
Expectations, this is the time of year when we start to see that things aren’t panning out the way we hoped! Those New Year’s resolutions...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Jan 3, 2022
- 3 min
Coffee leading the way
Faithful, it's not flashy or trendy. Faithfulness may seem mundane, but it always adds up. Repetition brings results.
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Lauren Mitchell
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
She Believed
Mary was chosen by God because of her belief. She believed even when she didn't have all the details.
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Lauren Mitchell
- Oct 29, 2021
- 2 min
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?
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Lauren Mitchell
- Oct 11, 2021
- 2 min
Monday Thoughts...
It’s not the pandemic; it’s the dishes. I don’t mean in any way to minimalize the suffering the pandemic has caused. Stick with me. In...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Sep 24, 2021
- 3 min
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.
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Lauren Mitchell
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
Are we hearing what He's saying?
When we expect an outcome, we sometimes hear what we want to hear. The disciples had an entirely different end in mind.
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Lauren Mitchell
- Jun 11, 2021
- 2 min
He Said Practice Not Perfect
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,...
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Lauren Mitchell
- Feb 12, 2021
- 2 min
On Love
Love, it’s the hardest command that masquerades as something that should come naturally. Why is loving people so hard? The problem with...
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