I Think We Speak Different Languages, and That’s Beautiful

by kateberkey | Oct 25, 2019 | Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary, Seek Justice. Love Mercy.

Every couple of Thursdays, our house fills with mommas and babies, aunties and sisters. We crowd around our table, sitting on the couch or folding chairs or the floor. Kids build towers with legos and throw a few at unsuspecting victims. The rest of us talk and laugh....

Hey, Maybe This isn’t Your Race to Run

by kateberkey | Oct 10, 2019 | Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary, Stumbling to Jesus

Can I be totally honest? This season of life is challenging, and these days are full of everything but normal. On the really rough days, I find myself looking around at those around me. My peers are chasing successful careers. They’re married and having babies....

Why We Need to have the Courage to Look our Neighbor in the Eye

by kateberkey | Sep 19, 2019 | Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary, Stumbling to Jesus

I was 14 years old when I first remember looking pain and injustice in the eye. I was staring into the face of a girl laying in a Romanian orphanage crib. She had a mop of curly brown hair on her head and tiny bones. Her deep brown eyes seemed vacant until she heard...

Stumbling into Holy Ground Moments Around the Table of Refugees

by kateberkey | Sep 12, 2019 | Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary, Seek Justice. Love Mercy., Stumbling to Jesus

Last week I was invited to a space I had no business being in.  It was an honor.It was a privilege. It was humbling.  I made sure to take off my shoes before I walked into the friend of my friend’s home partly because of culture and partly because of...

The Simple Practice that Changes [Almost] Everything

by kateberkey | Sep 6, 2019 | Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary, Stumbling to Jesus

I like to think of myself as a pretty joyful person—quick to point out beauty even in the mess, to see hope even when reality is bleak, to notice Jesus even in our splintered stories. But somedays, joy isn’t quick to come. Somedays, it seems to hide in the shadows. On...

Why I’m Choosing Insatiable Curiosity Above All Else

by kateberkey | Aug 30, 2019 | Finding the Sacred in the Ordinary

I think this book may have just changed my life.  I recently finished Beginner’s Pluck by Liz Bohannon. I started it on a Friday and finished it four days later, and it’s safe to say I’m ready to start on page one all over again. So much gold in this book. ...