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Catch up on Our February Posts!

When We’re Empty by Nichole Woo

Nichole Woo goes toe-to-toe with winter as she introduces our February theme, "Fill." She writes, "We find winter’s brilliance not in what she conceals, but what’s unveiled in her icy blend of solitude and scarcity. We find it in our own emptiness."

We find winter’s brilliance not in what she conceals, but what’s unveiled in her icy blend of solitude and scarcity. We find it in our own emptiness.

Join us, this month, as we explore this season laced with waiting and want. . .

A Look at the Last EIGHT Years! by Tammy Perlmutter

The Mudroom turns 8 today!! Thank you, our readers and writers, for your continued support and encouragement. We are proud of what we have accomplished together! Every new February is a profound gift and you are all a part of that blessing! Check out our new post for our TOP 20 posts over the last eight years!

Birds and Branches by Mary Ellen Mitchell

The Co-Director of St. Lydia’s House, which provides housing and hospitality to families experiencing homelessness, meets us in The Mudroom today: Mary Ellen Mitchell contemplates the Kingdom through Jesus’s bird and branch metaphor. “God’s fullness,” she writes, “comes in both offering and receiving unexpected shade and space to come and go.” Lean in for this perspective-shifting piece!

The Words You Think by Tatyana Claytor

Tatyana Claytor recounts a harrowing experience swimming in open water and how she learned to care better for herself by changing her narrative. “I ignored the rising panic in my chest and decided I would just do the breaststroke until I felt I could breathe normally. Inside my head, my thoughts circled. Will I be able to finish this? What if I can’t get my breath back? Why did I decide to do this?”

Episode 12: Discovering Soul Rest with Author and Speaker Sharla Fritz

If today’s Podcast title caught your eye it’s probably because you’re longing for a rest that transcends the temporary. Sharla Fritz, author and speaker reads you loud and clear—and she joins us today for a deep dive into soul rest.

Filled With Feelings by Rebeca Detrick

Step into the season of Lent, today, with Rebecca Detrick as she makes space for all the feelings unearthed in the anticipation of a figurative and metaphorical turning of spring soil. She writes, "What I know about being filled with grief, fear, joy and laughter, hope, and restoration is that all of these inhabit the same space. I can simultaneously be filled with grief and with joy, I can simultaneously be filled with fear and with laughter. I am all of these things, most of the time, and it can be overwhelming and make me want to give up until next year."

Filling My Days With Beauty by Sara Fichtner

Sara Fichtner lives in the tension of beauty dictated and beauty beheld. Join her in the search for what is truly "authentic, compelling, gracious" (Philippians 4: 8-9/MSG) and good . . . and in what awaits those who find it.

Something Big and Real Inside by Prasanta Verma

Every moment someone can get my attention for a moment, they’ll snatch it. Am I allowing my time to be snatched or am I intentional?

It's ok (and necessary) to simply "sits and think," as Winnie the Pooh says, but it’s also important to think about what's lovely and pure and excellent.

Nightwatch by Lauren H. White

I follow crumbs at

Dusk along the damp

Earth. Will tomorrow’s

Materialize?

I wish I had your

Wings, could soar free and

See the water, the

Moon reflected whole.

Instead it’s like a

Maze of green hedges,

Young Alice meets the

Minotaur. The night’s

Labyrinth fills me

With echoes and

Trembling, but honeyed

Manna sweetens the

Amber sky, fireflies

Tracing your shadow’s

Whispers in the warm

Womb of evening light.

Courage and Grit: The Story of Rickshaw Girl

Nicole T. Walters and Prasanta Verma were both raised in the Southern United States but have ties to South Asia. Their two different perspectives converge in their love for South Asia, chai, faith, and writing. Together, they interact with the first ever U.S.-Bangladeshi co-production, the acclaimed film, Rickshaw Girl.

Spilling Over by Vina Mogg

Sit with Vina Mogg at tidewater and witness the mystery of how “God orchestrates the rhythm of the oceans to demonstrate the fullness of his glory.” “He created that same nature in us,” she writes, “to hold the fullness of his glory.” Lean in for this stunning glimpse of the God who spills over into our own emptiness. . .