Author: Janise Matyas Smith

I am a wife, momma to four precious kiddos, a preacher, teacher, spiritual director and above all a child of God.
— Featured, Personal Growth —

Sometimes You Need to Walk a Lap: A New Year’s Resolution to Slow Down, Stop Trying So Hard and Learn the Practice of Savoring

January 3, 2018

So I ran a half marathon toward the end of last year.  I didn’t know I could do that… until I did.  It took a lot of training.  Waking up early and pounding the pavement and keeping at it and pushing myself.  And it feels good, accomplishing a goal like that.  I’m not going to… Read More Sometimes You Need to Walk a Lap: A New Year’s Resolution to Slow Down, Stop Trying So Hard and Learn the Practice of Savoring

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— Everyday Sacred, Featured, Motherhood —

Some Days

December 22, 2017

  Some days you don’t do anything other than the most important. Rocking a feverish, sick child to sleep. Sitting beside the bed of an aged parent whose final days have come. Being the shoulder for a friend in despair. Nothing else gets done. It’s ok friend. You are attending to the most important. Not… Read More Some Days

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Throw up, Not Silent Nights, and Advent Plans Gone Out the Window: A Reminder That Immanuel Comes Into Our Mess

December 21, 2017

How’s your Advent been going? Mine hasn’t quite gone as I planned. Every year I have this hope for a somewhat peaceful Advent, where life slows down and we take time to reflect upon the meaning of this season.  This year I wanted to simplify and focus on what matters. But the fact was we were… Read More Throw up, Not Silent Nights, and Advent Plans Gone Out the Window: A Reminder That Immanuel Comes Into Our Mess

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How a Wreath Can Help Us Slow Down and Make Space for the Holy this Holiday Season

December 2, 2017

Advent is upon us.  Tomorrow, December 3rd, we will begin this precious season of waiting and preparing for the babe who comes to speaks to us the most profound truth ever spoken: the truth that we are deeply, ridiculously loved.   As we prepare to enter Advent, I thought I would repost a post I wrote… Read More How a Wreath Can Help Us Slow Down and Make Space for the Holy this Holiday Season

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