This piece is part of a six part series talking about what it looks like to live as Wild-Hearted Women. There are so many voices telling us what we have to do and who we have to be in order to have a life worth living. But the Lord has called us to something higher,…
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Living Wild-Hearted
This piece is part of a six part series talking about what it looks like to live as Wild-Hearted Women. There are so many voices telling us what we have to do and who we have to be in order to have a life worth living. But the Lord has called us to something higher,…
The Hands and Feet
My last interview is with Jenn Raison from The Walk here in Calgary. They have a unique and personal way of not only reaching out, but also connecting with those in sex trafficking in Calgary. Keep reading to find out more... Tell us a little bit about what your organization does… We seek to be…
Part 3: The Game
“You get in there, you find the crack; like some are drugs, some are just, they need to hear ‘I love you.’ ” - Matthew Deiaco (convicted pimp out of Toronto, Canada)1 Often times we wonder how women and girls can get lured into sex trafficking. We think that they should know better, that they…
Part 2: Can You See Me?
Can you spot them? Would you be able to pick them out of a crowd? Can you tell which person on the street is actively entangled in human trafficking? While you may want to answer with a resounding “YES!” I know for a fact that the majority of people will answer “No.” The reason that…
Part 1: The Facts
There is a malevolence that is sweeping across our world today. It is stealing childhoods, breaking apart families, severing souls, and breaking bodies. This malevolent force has a name…and that name is Human Trafficking. It is something that people feel ashamed to talk about because it is something so vile that even just saying the…
Remember
I am currently writing this post while eating waffles and ice cream and thanking the good Lord that I didn’t have to fast from food this past week. Now besides being insanely jealous of my breakfast you are probably also wondering how I fasted if I didn’t give up food. Our traditional view on fasting…
Retreat
This week was a quiet one…because it was my week of silence. This was the one discipline that I was probably most anxious about because I have almost no experience with it. However I endeavoured to give it a try anyways. I did not take a vow of silence (like Maria in The Sound of…
Return
worship noun The feeling or expression of reverence and adoration towards God prayer noun a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God These are the two spiritual disciplines that I focused on this past week. While they are in fact two separate disciplines, for me they are so entwined that…
Refocus
This past week marked the beginning of my month long endeavour of trying out different spiritual disciplines. The first discipline that I attempted was that of meditation. The word meditation is bound to conjure up very similar images for most people… monks sitting cross legged on a stone by a river, yogis chanting “ohm” for…