Acceptance – Page 5 – Melissa Schlies

If Our Lives Were Like a Good Beach Read

When I left full-time church ministry, I wasn’t sure what I would do next. So I taught myself how to bake bread. Already loving to bake cookies, brownies, and pumpkin bread, it wasn’t surprising that I fell in love with this new endeavor. With a bread baker’s cookbook Tony had given me for my birthday, I experimented with all kinds of recipes. I tried making Challah, Potato Rosemary, and Ciabatta—in addition to sandwich bread. And found, I love every part of baking bread. I love the feel of the dough in my hands as I knead it. I feel a [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-09T21:31:52+00:00June 25th, 2018|Categories: Acceptance, Good Books, perseverance, Purpose, Story, Success|Comments Off

New Year, New You–Or, Keep Fighting the Good Fight

Every year around this time, the story is always the same. “New Year, New You.” All of a sudden gym parking lots are full. We buy vegetables in bulk, and sigh at the numbers on our scales. We try to figure out how much kale we can hide in a smoothie, and feel the pressure to be different. And some years, this is good. There are January’s where we need to do something drastic to help get us back on course. To give us perspective. Or, to make a real change. But then there are January’s where striving to achieve [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-17T01:27:21+00:00January 15th, 2018|Categories: Acceptance, Balance, Change, Health, Routines|Comments Off

When Your Name Isn’t On The List

At the end of eighth grade, I tried out for the high school football cheerleading squad. Wearing an oversized t-shirt and gym shorts, I lined up with my friends and the other girls trying out. For three or four afternoons after school, I learned what a Herkie was and sort of how to do one. I was taught to clap a certain way, how to belt out cheers, and to smile constantly. And at the end of the week, I performed a cheer in front of three judges to show them I had what it took to be a cheerleader. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T00:43:13+00:00November 20th, 2017|Categories: Acceptance, Failure, Identity, Success|Comments Off

If Our Lives Were Like a Good Beach Read

New Year, New You–Or, Keep Fighting the Good Fight

When Your Name Isn’t On The List

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