by Ashley Larkin | Sep 21, 2016 | Celebration, Childhood, Community, Faith, Fear
We gathered on a rainy Saturday afternoon at the visitor’s center for a hike to Terry Riley Bridge and the ceremony that would take place there. As rain fell and mud mucked, second grade Daisy scouts anticipated becoming Brownies. Under raincoats, the girls wore...
by Ashley Larkin | Sep 8, 2016 | Community, Faith, Perspective
Good news for local friends: Ginny Owens will perform at Lake Bible Church, on September 24th, at 7 pm. Purchase tickets for an evening of song and story here. Hello, and welcome back! In the weeks before I’d completed my website redesign, when visions of story...
by Ashley Larkin | Jul 22, 2016 | Celebration, Community, Faith, Favorite posts, Giving
Several weeks ago, Michael and I plunged two of our daughters into the ice-cold baptismal waters of Clear Creek. Our church family enveloped us that late summer morning, wrapping around the creek’s banks, nodding in agreement as eyes filled with tears and phone...
by Ashley Larkin | Sep 29, 2015 | Community, Gratitude, One Word: Fearless, Perspective, Risk-taking
Back in the spring, a rectangular card arrived in my mailbox. A distinctive font scrolled across an ombre watercolor wash of blue and at the top three words: The Open Door. I held the invitation to join a small group of women from around the country — speakers,...
by Ashley Larkin | Jan 5, 2015 | #OneWord365, Community, Fear, Hope, One Word: Fearless, One Word: Seek, Risk-taking, Surrender, Truth-telling
While Michael built a bonfire, and the girls constructed a playground from driftwood, I took a brief walk down the beach, through packed sand, over piles of strewn logs and past tide pools. It was a day of transition — the year’s newness still palpable,...
by Ashley Larkin | Aug 15, 2014 | Community, Five Minute Friday, Love, Sorrow
300 Howard University students stand for Michael Brown, 8/13/14 There is no telling what it felt like to be in his skin in that moment. Was he afraid? Indignant? Was this one of those times his mama had warned him about? And while we don’t know all the details of this...
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