by Lisa-Jo | Apr 24, 2016 | (in)courage
I want to be the kind of friend who gives the gift of guilt free friendship. In a world where we women are so good at guilting ourselves over our weight, our workout routines (or lack thereof) the state of our houses, our kids, or our spiritual lives. I want to create...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 11, 2016 | (in)courage, (in)RL
I don’t know about you guys but sometimes Monday mornings can leave me feeling a little fragile, a little insecure, a little worried about how the week ahead is going to go. So, instead of trying to get a quick affirmation fix online, I’m learning to...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 28, 2016 | (in)courage, Cheering for you
What if you didn’t listen to the mean girl in your head today? What if, instead, you decided to be kind to yourself today? What if you looked in the mirror and smiled? Instead of counted gray hairs and wrinkles. What if you didn’t step onto the scale? What if,...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 29, 2016 | (in)courage, Faith
The older I get the more I battle fear. And I know it’s because the older I get the more scary things I see in the world. The more marriages I’ve watched disintegrate, the more friends who’ve lost kids, the more diagnoses I’ve heard others fight through, the more...
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 14, 2015 | (in)courage, Faith, Motherhood
My daughter comes to me with snot and tears streaked down her face and asks between wails, “Do you still love me, Mama? Even when I’m crabby?” She then bursts into more sobs as I take her small frame onto my lap and wipe the hair out of her eyes. I...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 14, 2015 | (in)courage, Callings, No such thing as just a mom, South Africa, Take Action, Travel
Since we’ve been given the biblical mandate that we all belong to each other {Romans 12:5, NLT}, this fall at (in)courage we wanted to spend some deliberate time together unpacking what that means. To focus on what it means to love my neighbor as myself. To open our...