Embracing the Long View

Cultivating connection requires both patience and perseverance, a willingness to settle in and keep showing up.

Sarah WestfallMay 15, 2022community, connection, pace of life, relationships Comment

The Good Stuff

Have we watered down communion?

Sarah WestfallMay 2, 2022community, connection Comment

Back to Basics of Belonging

A short and simple list for cultivating connection when it all feels awkward or exhausting.

Sarah WestfallApril 17, 2022community, connection, belonging Comments

Authenticity v. Transparency

How can we live authentically without the pressure to reveal all to all?

Sarah WestfallFebruary 26, 2022between you + me, authenticity, transparency, connection, community Comments

Paying Attention as an Act of Love

Looking at the simple ways we can see each other in the everyday.

Sarah WestfallAugust 16, 2021compassion, connection, paying attention Comments

Consider the Story

How four minutes in a parking lot can shift our perspective.

Sarah WestfallJune 28, 2021story, storytelling, storied living, connection Comment

The Problem with Urgency and the Power of Letting Go

What stirs our sense of urgency, and what is it doing to our souls?

Sarah WestfallMay 31, 2021slow living, life of presence, connection, unhurried life Comment

A Clunky Way to a Connected Life

The soul craves deep connection, but getting there isn’t always straightforward.

Sarah WestfallMay 24, 2021connection, presence, community Comment

The Life of a Silo (And Why We Long for More)

Independence is not a path that leads to deep connection. And yet, so often that’s the gravel road we travel.

The "All-ness" of Love

Learning to love not in part, but in full, in the simple moments of everyday life.

Sarah WestfallMay 10, 2021presence, connection, relationships, loving well Comments

You Are Not a Paintbrush

A few thoughts on career, calling, and the invitation to create.

Sarah WestfallMay 3, 2021curiosity, creation, creative, connection, life with God Comments

What Is in the Room

Communication is about much more than the words we use.

Sarah WestfallApril 12, 2021connection, communication, community, friendship, relationships Comments

Three Women Walk into a Bar…

A story about the link between perception and connection.

There's More to the Story

The more space I made for other’s stories, the less room I had for comparison and assumption.

What Is Waiting in the Quiet?

“It’s amazing what we find when the clang and clamor falls away. The quiet waits, patiently nestled beneath our busyness and distractions and ready to divulge its secrets.”

Sustainable First Steps

Change that lasts can’t come all at once. Here are a few ways we are moving toward a slower-paced lifestyle—a beginning, but certainly not the end.

Sarah WestfallJanuary 29, 2021slow living, life of presence, presence, connection Comments

The Uncommon Stranger

I fought back tears as I watched him in the restaurant. The man couldn’t have been any older than fifty or sixty at most, and yet his body curved like a much-older man. His back was stooped over, his shoulders tight, his knees looked like they might buckle beneath him. It appeared as if even standing caused him pain.

Sarah WestfallJanuary 19, 2021liturgy of the little things, connection, presence, life of presence, hope Comment

Life Together: Why Surface Relationships Will Not Sustain Us

To push past all that stands to divide us and the watered-down community we’ve come to accept, “life together” has to be more than a party line. Our souls ache for more.

Sarah WestfallDecember 7, 2020presence, community, connection, friendship, authenticity, belonging, relationships Comment

Resources for the Pursuit of Presence

A list of additional resources for moving toward authentic, daily relationship with God and with people.

Sarah WestfallApril 28, 2020presence, presence with God, presence with people, community, connection, resourcesComment

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