Copyright https://www.ibelieve.com 2023, iBelieve.com Thu, 28 Dec 2023 23:47:45 -0500 https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/sanity-in-the-tiny-years-a-manifesto.html https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/sanity-in-the-tiny-years-a-manifesto.html Cara Joyner https://www.ibelieve.com/author/cara-joyner/ "Then there's the part of having kids that isn't so much about how I do it, but how I survive it. Some of us know how easy it is to slip into the darker places of our minds, and we know that caring for our mental health and nourishing our souls takes a lot of work. To stay healthy and present requires taking our thoughts captive and directing our focus on the light. So as I parent through the tiny years, this is my creed. This is where I protect my heart and my mind and my family." Wed, 12 Aug 2015 06:34:00 -0400 2023-12-28T23:47:45-05:00 https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/holding-space-the-motherly-art-of-doing-nothing-and-everything.html https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/holding-space-the-motherly-art-of-doing-nothing-and-everything.html Cara Joyner https://www.ibelieve.com/author/cara-joyner/ To this sisterhood of weary women, rocking babies and gathering legos and eating frozen pizza for the third time this week, our presence is what's needed. Our faithful presence in the moments that feel small, that is enough. Even when we're absorbed in exhaustion, we're holding space for something sacred. Carry on mamas! Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:44:40 -0400 2023-12-28T23:47:45-05:00 https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/on-learning-what-love-looks-like.html https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/on-learning-what-love-looks-like.html Cara Joyner https://www.ibelieve.com/author/cara-joyner/ "You've shown me that love looks a lot like sacrifice - everyday, ordinary, not-so-sexy (but actually incredibly sexy) sacrifice." Fri, 12 Jun 2015 22:57:22 -0400 2023-12-28T23:47:45-05:00 https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/yeah-we-have-to-tell-our-kids-about-sex.html https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/yeah-we-have-to-tell-our-kids-about-sex.html Cara Joyner https://www.ibelieve.com/author/cara-joyner/ I may not like talking to my kids about sex, but it is my job as their mother. The world is waiting to tell them, and it often won't distinguish between sex that is good and sex that is dysfunctional. Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:31:39 -0400 2023-12-28T23:47:45-05:00 https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/the-plea-of-parents--help-bring-home-their-children-stuck-across-the-ocean.html https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/the-plea-of-parents--help-bring-home-their-children-stuck-across-the-ocean.html Cara Joyner https://www.ibelieve.com/author/cara-joyner/ This is a story of parents waiting to hold their children close and tuck them into bed. This is a story of a cry for justice. This is a story that needs YOUR voice to help. Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:42:29 -0500 2023-12-28T23:47:45-05:00 https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/enough.html https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/enough.html Cara Joyner https://www.ibelieve.com/author/cara-joyner/ If life feels like drowning and I'm not in crisis, something's wrong. If the everyday hours feel more like a race to survive (or perform) than a new opportunity to love and live and serve, something's wrong. Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:02:12 -0500 2023-12-28T23:47:45-05:00 https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/the-temptation-to-isolate.html https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/the-temptation-to-isolate.html Cara Joyner https://www.ibelieve.com/author/cara-joyner/ How often do we retreat because it is easier than the work of being present? I wonder how many mornings Jesus wanted to hide and how many days he resisted the temptation to isolate himself, because he knew how much we needed his life. We didn't need to just hear about it. We needed to experience it. Fri, 21 Nov 2014 21:13:20 -0500 2023-12-28T23:47:45-05:00 https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/neglecting-today-in-the-name-of-tomorrow.html https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/neglecting-today-in-the-name-of-tomorrow.html Cara Joyner https://www.ibelieve.com/author/cara-joyner/ Why do I so quickly allow the excitement of life's next thing to poison the goodness of life's current thing? Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:48:40 -0400 2023-12-28T23:47:45-05:00 https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/roadblocks-to-writing-and-all-other-forms-of-communication.html https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/roadblocks-to-writing-and-all-other-forms-of-communication.html Cara Joyner https://www.ibelieve.com/author/cara-joyner/ Four ways we keep ourselves from communicating effectively Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:58:25 -0400 2023-12-28T23:47:45-05:00 https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/sometimes-i-need-to-just-stop-thinking-about-things-so-much.html https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/cara-joyner/sometimes-i-need-to-just-stop-thinking-about-things-so-much.html Cara Joyner https://www.ibelieve.com/author/cara-joyner/ On refusing to feel sad about things that aren't even over yet Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:02:47 -0400 2023-12-28T23:47:45-05:00