by LaurieGreenWestlake | Aug 27, 2026 | Tuesday Series, Uncategorized
I am choosing tile color while the world appears to be coming apart. For real. I am building a house, which means I can spend an embarrassing amount of time thinking about whether a certain shade of white is too white, whether pecan shelves will look right next to...
by LaurieGreenWestlake | Aug 9, 2026 | Religion and Spirituality
You can feel when a room has changed before anyone says a word. Maybe the room is a boardroom, and you know decisions have been made in conversations you were never invited into. Or, the room is your bedroom, where nothing appears out of place, but the person beside...
by LaurieGreenWestlake | Jul 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
Within Christian culture, there can be an assumption that the more you do, the more faithful you are. Or perhaps, truthfully, the more you commit to, the more needed you are. Full calendars mean people have noticed that you, in everything you already accomplish, can...
by LaurieGreenWestlake | Jul 8, 2026 | Religion and Spirituality, Tuesday Series
I have lived in twenty-three homes. That is not a decorating credential. It is more like a confession with moving boxes attached. Our first home was a custom-built cutie that we sold five years later. Life had taken a radical turn as I quit my job to start a crisis...
by LaurieGreenWestlake | Jun 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. – Psalm 118:24 Rejoice is one of those biblical words that begins to flatten in our talk because … somewhere along our church path, we’ve reduced this interesting word to a feeling. This...
