Playing on the heart string

Heart strings (Kimberly Barber, February 2022) This week on Valentine’s Day, one of my former students, Sarah Stapleton, released her first album. It’s called Heartstrings, and features songs Sarah wrote and recorded herself–it’s largely a...

Stolen focus

Blurry life (Kimberly Barber, February 2022) Where is my focus and who stole it??!? I know I’m not alone in feeling pulled in a zillion directions, unable to stay connected to the One. Singular. Task. At. Hand. Unitasking! Could that please be a thing? I...

Slow build

Slow build (with heart), Kimberly Barber February 2022 I’ve been taking a leadership course these past few weeks based on the work of BrenĂ© Brown, called Dare to Lead. One of the topics that came up this week in our sessions was shame resilience (as opposed to...

Let there be light

I took this photo on a walk through town the other day. It was a beautiful, crisp evening, the sky was clear and I came upon this glowing front yard light show which spoke to me of hope. These are scary times, and so many are struggling for so many reasons. How do we...

The POWer of Now

It’s hard to stay present right now. I either feel vaulted into the future at warp speed, accompanied by a mounting sense of doom, or find myself lamenting over opportunities lost, longing for how it was in those golden (?) “Before Times”. And yet I...