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Lauren Mitchell
Feb 2, 20242 min read
Ask Again.
Repetition. It works. That is what every personal trainer on the planet will tell you. It's not about how much weight it's about how many...


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

Lauren Mitchell
Jan 10, 20244 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
Dec 28, 20232 min read
Pick a Word
Having one word for the year means I get 365 days to try and fail, and hear about my progress from God's heart.


Lauren Mitchell
Dec 21, 20232 min read
ZEAL - Great Energy or Enthusiasm
I have zeal a lot of things... coffee, a new book, watching my kids play soccer, Christmas lights, (I always regret this zeal in...


Lauren Mitchell
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Are We Doing it Wrong?
We picture abiding as cozy chair and cup of coffee, sitting with God in the quiet. We have to get up and take God with us into the struggle.

Lauren Mitchell
Nov 29, 20232 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 8, 20232 min read
What's Chasing You?
What's chasing you?


Lauren Mitchell
Oct 20, 20232 min read
The Other Possibility
What happens when we pray and things don’t go the way we planned? When the unexpected creeps in, I have a choice. I can humble my heart...

Lauren Mitchell
Sep 29, 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 22, 20232 min read
Wrinkles
I feel like time is breathing down my neck and etching "I was here", on my face. I need rapid wrinkle repair. Okay that sentence is fun...


Lauren Mitchell
Sep 8, 20232 min read
What Are You Writing?
What are you writing on your heart? What do you repeat to yourself until it's engraved there? Is it guilt or shame?


Lauren Mitchell
Jun 30, 20232 min read
What Eleanor Knew
Eleanor Roosevelt prayed this prayer nightly. I love it. I am going to steal it for the next ten days and I'm inviting you to join me....


Lauren Mitchell
Jun 22, 20232 min read
He said Practice, Not Perfect
We read too much condemnation over ourselves in scripture,
and we miss keywords like “practice”.
God never asks us to be perfect.


Lauren Mitchell
Jun 16, 20232 min read
Love Your Lines
The lines God has given are drawn out of His perfect love for me. The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup, you hold my lot; The lines...

Lauren Mitchell
May 12, 20232 min read
Art of Motherhood
Motherhood is not for the faint of heart. Our culture tells us that we need to maintain our selves when Jesus calls us to die to ourselves.


Lauren Mitchell
Dec 28, 20222 min read
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...


Lauren Mitchell
Dec 19, 20222 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
Nov 30, 20222 min read
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...

Lauren Mitchell
Jul 29, 20221 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...
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