The Nuanced Life

Kelly reflects on the path her children each took to college. Whitney is commemorating the end of her marriage. Michaela got her first tattoo. We share all of these commemorations as well as Sarah's idea for a country song. 

We share commemorations from Debbie, Jody, and Maria.

We share a commemoration from Rachel about infidelity which leads us into a conversation about telling the truth in relationships. Then, we share a commemoration from Sarah about choices about time off that evoke self-care...or maybe self-preservation.

We share a commemoration from Michelle about learning to love her curly hair and a commemoration from Kathy about how church ladies helped her deal with devastating grief.

We share commemorations from Trixie and Scottie about life challenges stemming from employment challenges. Then, we discuss feedback from Kellian about ritual. 

Along with so many of you, we are heartbroken over the loss of Rachel Held Evans. She passed away at 37 over the weekend, leaving behind her husband, two small children, and a legacy of progressive faith that will continue to impact the global church for years to come. We share our grief and thoughts on the importance of commemorating life. In the second half of the episode, we are sharing our interview with her from last fall, in which she discusses her last book, Inspired.

We share commemorations from Bethany, who made a big purchasing decision, and Dana, who is reflecting on the messiness of life. Then, we discuss an article in The New York Times by David Brooks which proclaims "There Should Be More Rituals!" We agree!

We share commemorations from Ashley, who completed her yoga teacher training, and Jessica, who recently quit her "dream job." Their stories lead us to talk about how we view leisure time and how we view work.

We've been traveling all over the country promoting our book and doing events. We're having a wonderful time meeting all of you in person, but our schedule is bananas. We're pushing pause on The Nuanced Life this week and we'll be back with regular programming next week.

We share commemorations from Katy, who brought her babies into the world under high-risk circumstances, and Christy, who is celebrating a big birthday. Then, we talk about our time on the road and how we deal with the mom guilt that sometimes accompanies that.

We share commemorations from Maggie, who took herself shopping, and Kathy, who is accomplishing an awful lot on a daily basis. Plus, Beth is commemorating the start of baseball season. 

We share commemorations from Faith, who is appreciating the rhythm of life as a homesteader, Amy, whose daughter is moving on from in-school physical therapy, and Mairin, who had her life and mindset changed by a diagnosis of Graves Disease. 

We share a commemoration from Rebekah about church in response to Sarah's "churchiversary" a few weeks back. Then, we're commemorating spring and all the cleaning out it inspires in us.

We share commemorations from Rachel, who has started attending therapy, and Elizabeth, who has been diagnosed with cancer. Then, we share our disgruntled feelings about Daylight Savings Time.

We share a special commemoration from our Managing Director, Alise, and another from listener Heather. Then, we reflect on what the season of Lent means to each of us and how we plan to observe it this year.