twyla
Twyla Franz is a relentless believer in direction over pace, and a proponent of ripple-effect living. A blueberry tea drinker, sourdough bread baker, minimalist wanna-be, chalk painter, mom of three, and wife to her first and forever. She plays worship songs loud and on repeat, and numbers her thanks to remember gratitude is a before, not an after. As an introvert who now has a village of neighbors, she believes a meaningful life with the people right in front of you and God spilling into your relationships is possible.
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How To Feel The Weight Of Goodness
In a different spot — when the baby wakes crying, the chalk is hoarded, or dinnertime feels overwhelming — please let this gratitude courageously defend a spot in my heart.
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How to Get God’s Attention When You Need Him
Are you tired? Tired of the perpetual busy? Tired of the push-hard pace? Tired of doing all the things to get God to pay attention to you but still feeling unseen?
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If Gratitude Lists Don’t Work for You, Try the Daily Joy Practice Instead
I’ve made the lists and looked for the good, and it has helped a little (when I actually did it), but somehow it always felt skin deep.
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How to Find Strength When You’re See-Sawed by Grief
Today I’ll wear black in honor of a man who taught me that loving those around us can be as simple as hello. Eye contact. Making each other feel human and worth noticing.
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Wearing Gratitude in Awe of Jesus’ Love for Us
Her reaction to our small token of friendship had a huge impact on me. I began to wonder if this type of open gratitude oozed forth from my heart.
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Wild, Reckless Love, Ocean Waves, & The Week After
I hold onto the scent of ocean, waves, God’s with-ness. It’s the week after the world changed with the death and living-again of One both God and man.
