by Lisa-Jo | Feb 17, 2017 | Girlfriends, Never Unfriended
I have spent thousands of hours of my life held hostage by worry about friendships with women. I have over-analyzed, ranted, and kept my husband awake as I rehashed interactions with women I care about—mining our conversations for minute details and trying to make...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 20, 2016 | Cheering for you, Daughters, Faith, Girlfriends, Love the body you've got, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom
When the news turns dark, when I have a hard time believing my pastor, and all I want to do is switch between hot baths and my cosy bed, it’s the stories of what women are capable of right there in the middle of the darkness that I need. The stories that take...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 18, 2016 | Faith, Girlfriends, Just plain hard
For the last few years it has become tradition for our family to spend Easter weekend in PA with Jon and Christie Purifoy at their farmhouse called Maplehurst. They’re friends who’ve known us the longest — since the days when none of us had kids yet....
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 10, 2015 | (in)courage, Cheering for you, Girlfriends, Ordinary Glory, Our First House, Sunday
Sunday afternoons are messy at our house. And I like them that way. (If you follow me on Instagram you’ve probably noticed). We’ve usually let the weekend play around us with all its Legos and dolls and light sabers and blanket forts and left over pizza. We’ve...
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 1, 2015 | (in)courage, Girlfriends
Sometimes I all too aware that conversations can go like this: Friend: Gah, I’m so sad today. I feel stupid and dumb at my job and there’s this weird nagging loneliness I can’t seem to shake. Me: (internally thinking: Oh man, I know EXACTLY how that feels – this week...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 13, 2015 | (in)courage, Blogging, Compassion, Faith, Girlfriends
I’ve been the community manager at (in)courage now for five years. That means five years of working with and for and alongside women. Writing about women, reading about women, talking to women, in small groups of women, and for large groups of women. I...
