There is power in asking simple questions. Especially when those questions are open ended questions. Not just a question that could be answered with a yes or a no, but the kind of question that invites reflection and elaboration.
Category: Sarah Garza
Show & Tell
“Actions speak louder than words.” “You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?” We have a number of phrases in the English language that point to the idea that ‘showing’ is better than just ‘telling’.
Repetition
I once read that a baby needs around 1,000 repetitions of a word to learn it, and that a toddler needs around 50 repetitions. This seems like an awful lot of repetition! Yet, at the same time I know that I need the benefit of repeated lessons just as much.
Advent Hope?
Ready or not, here it comes: Advent has arrived. Advent is here, and I have to confess it was a struggle to begin to write a blog about ‘Hope’. In recent days/weeks/months I have found it all too easy to get sucked into scrolling and scrolling through social media posts – which unfortunately are not…
A Prayer for the Mess
God, I’m a mess.
There are so many “hats” I must wear in a day
And I’m having to change them out a pace that is often exhausting…And the faster they spin, the more likely I feel they are to crash down around me.
Blessings of the Ordinary
What is the “divine possibility” that is to be found in the “ordinary” of my life these days?
From A to Z
This week as I began my list of events, thoughts, words, and topics I noticed that many of the lines of my list began with different letters. So this week here is my ABC blog…
Making Space
As Sarah and her family get ready for the new, read about how she relates her readiness to this Lenten season.
Moments of Stillness
In this busy season it can be difficult to find moments of quiet, reflection or stillness. This week in particular seems to have been packed with places to go, people to see and schedules to keep. Yet in the midst of the activity I have been blessed by moments of stillness. Moments where I was…
Little Faith, Big Impact
Do you ever have experiences that just melt your heart? Experiences that reduce you to a puddle of emotion? I had one about a month ago. On most evenings our family of three sits down to have dinner together at the table. (A practice I hope we are able to continue even as our son…
The Journey
This week I am on vacation, so this blog was written in anticipation of some time away in one of my favorite places: the mountains of Colorado. I know some people are beach people, but I am a mountain person. I long for the cooler weather, the sound of a gurgling stream or river, the…
Being Uncomfortable
In a conversation last week I was told, “growth only happens when people are uncomfortable”. And let me tell you, it has been rattling around in my brain ever since! It seems there are a multitude of applications for this idea. Comfort is no place for change and growth. It’s not just that growth causes…
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