This is Taking Longer Than Expected
A group of fellow pastors were sharing our worries about planning for the year ahead: what would small groups and church look like? How will
August 3, 2020
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How I’m Talking To My Kids About Corona Virus
There’s something else we need to say after “wash your hands.”
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This is Taking Longer Than Expected
A group of fellow pastors were sharing our worries about planning for the year ahead: what would small groups and church look like? How will
August 3, 2020
The Ripple Effect on my Soul (on pandemic highs, lows, and dead zones)
It’s just not true that a good feeling will cancel out a bad one High school science reminds us waves (whether of water or emotion) can interact in strange ways.
April 27, 2020
April 2, 2020
How I’m Talking To My Kids About Corona Virus
There’s something else we need to say after “wash your hands.”
March 9, 2020
The Beauty of Yes-And: parenting lessons from improv comedy
It seems reminding my kids a gazillion times to chew with their mouths closed isn’t working at all. So I decided to try a tip from comedy class.
February 21, 2020
When You Have What Someone Else Wants
There are many ways to be rich. In relationships. In opportunity. In talent. And sometimes we only notice when we’re listening to someone who is in pain because they lack the thing we have.
October 30, 2019
What love looks like after decision-making
“Perhaps, in an ideal world, every big decision is come to by conversation and consensus, but in my world – that’s generally not how it happens. More often than not, we decide by compromise and concession, and the question is: how gracious are we after the fact with the decisions we were less than 100% gung ho about?”
June 9, 2019
A letter to the one who is failing
This moment that feels like failure is an invitation to go deeper.
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Hi! I’m Bronwyn Lea. Born in South Africa, now re-planted in Northern California; I’m a writer, speaker, and ice-cream afficionado. I write about relationships, faith, and trying to live wisely and well in a crazy world.
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