This Mother’s Day, why not purchase a gift that supports other moms? In this post, I want to introduce you to two women who are some of the bravest, most hard-working women I know: Roushan, and her sister, Khadija. I met my friend Roushan about a year ago, at…
Today is Mercantile Monday and we’re heading to Uganda! Can you believe it? These beautiful pieces of jewelry are made from paper! Strips of paper (often from recycled magazines) are rolled into beads of various sizes and strung with seed beads to create unique pieces of art that you wear!…
On Mondays, I’m going to try to highlight some of the goodies in my little online shop, until I have nothing left to say about them. :) They’re such beautiful, handmade pieces from around the world – they kind of speak for themselves. But often times there’s a unique story…
Hi friends! I have some exciting news! Several months ago, I started dreaming about how I could use The Potter’s Hand for “more.” There’s a lot of noise online and I wanted to make sure that I was using my voice for good. I began to wonder how I would…
I sort of had a “death-to-vision” experience yesterday. A women’s event that I had been planning did not have enough people registered, so we had to cancel. It wasn’t enough to send me into a pit of despair, but it’s an event we had hosted a few times before and…
I am loving my 40s. And I’m in love with watching my friends love their 40s too. I cheerfully welcome every woman to the club when they turn 40. It’s a fantastic decade to be in. There’s just something that happens when a woman turns 40. It’s like we’ve suddenly…
Last week, our church hosted a Community Conversation surrounding the Syrian refugee crisis, and we had a great turnout! About 50 people in attendance, with many new faces from outside our little St. Paul’s community. We had a woman from Syria named Roushan share her story about resettling here in…
A few weekends ago, we went up to New Hampshire. Earl had some work to do, and since he had a hotel room we decided to join him. It’s always nice to get out of town for a bit. Especially when you have kids, and especially when said hotel has…
We’re a family of musicians. Together we like to run and bike, hike and swim, but we’re not big sports enthusiasts. So when we were given tickets to a college football game, we jumped at the chance, knowing this would be an opportunity to enrich our kids’ lives by participating…
So you know what happens when you decide to quit your job? You get $2000 in car repairs. Your vacuum breaks. Your well pump bites the dust. Your washing machine just ups and leaves you. It’s almost as if someone is saying: “Are you sure about this faith thing? Are…
