by Ashley Larkin | Feb 26, 2016 | #OneWord365, Faith, One Word: Complete, Perspective, Poetry, Redemption
Lay them right down, all those lies you’ve believed about yourself all you’ve desired to see lapped up like kindling, watch the flames swallow them. Look at those ashes at your feet, reach down, cup them in your palms, you can hardly believe how soft it...
by Ashley Larkin | Feb 6, 2015 | #OneWord365, Faith, Hope, One Word: Fearless, Perspective, Risk-taking, Surrender
I’m alive! And I’ve missed you so much, friends. For more than three years, this place has been a sacred one for me, where we listen and respond and share and hear “me too” in the comments and pay attention to the small ordinary moments as a...
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,...