We Shouldn’t Be Asking for God’s Guidance … True or Sacrilegious
We don’t have to, and in fact, we quite possibly shouldn’t, keep asking for God’s guidance. Now, before you gasp and wonder, Mackenzie, how could you have been led so astray from Biblical truth, please read this post in its entirety and remember the word I have...
Our Little, Big Miracle: The Journey to Meet Josiah
Many of you may have already read this post about our journey to meet Josiah on my Facebook account. This was our “announcement” post, you could say; telling our friends and family who didn’t already know about our journey and our little, big...
Need Motivation to Lose Weight? Sign Up for This Grand Canyon Adventure
Remember that time you had to lose weight to ride a mule? A question my husband and I hope to laugh at in 20 years. Poor, poor Nate. For the last couple months, he’s been working hard to lose weight for one primary purpose: to ride a mule into the Grand Canyon. That...
10 Tips for Developing a Successful Writing Routine
Where my writers at? If you enjoy writing blogs, books, poems, short stories or just some good, old diary diddles, and you’re hoping to produce ongoing work, setting a writing routine is essential. Every writing professor I ever had attempted to hammer this truth...
Photos from Our Getaway Weekend in Buena Vista
We had such a great weekend in Buena Vista! You can read all about it in my solo, retreat weekend post or get a taste looking at these photos. On February 7-9, Nate and I went up to the mountains for a pretty last-minute weekend in Buena Vista. He spent Saturday and...
Enjoy a Solo, Retreat Weekend in Buena Vista, Colorado
Well, solo-ish. On Friday, Nate and I decided to do a last-minute trip somewhere in the mountains where he could go snowboarding, and I could have a retreat to myself. I craved time to write, read, seek the LORD, and be. We ended up deciding on Buena Vista, so he...
Three New Directions for 2020 After a Weekend Retreat in Buena Vista
If you read my post about the retreat, then you’ll recall that I received three clear directions for 2020. I decided to write out the directions from the retreat in Buena Vista, and share them, for a couple reasons. One, by sharing them, I’m more likely to...
My Name is Marley, and I’m a Stress-aholic.
“My name is Marley.” “Hi, Marley,” a group of both eagerly empathetic and utterly unenthused individuals say. “I’m a people-pleasing stress-aholic, and I’m genuinely concerned that my hair may be thinning,” I say with the usual hint of sarcasm. The session leader nods...
A Peek into My Brain … The Feels of August 2017
Here’s a window into how my brain works. I just re-read one of my many, many journal entries/random writings, and it’s amazing how applicable my ‘feels’ are still today. I present to you: The Feels of August 18, 2017 So, it’s 12:20 in the...About Me
I'm a writer by passion and a lover of the human soul by design. I love to travel, be outdoors, find adventures, meet new people, hangout with old ones, ponder truth, and enjoy just about anything else that involves truly sucking the marrow out of life. As far as I can tell, life is made up of the intertwining of our stories with creation, people and our Creator. My plan: become deeply entangled with them all, and then share that beautiful mess with you!