Guest Posts
Advent Craft Instructions with Laura
Hey guys! I’m Laura, and I’m so excited to be guest-blogging for See Hear Love today! One of my passions is making crafts, especially with my kids, and today I’m sharing a craft with you that really focuses on the season of Advent. Instead of those typical advent calendars filled with chocolate, we’re going to make an Advent display that…
Read MoreWhy the Stories We Tell Ourselves Matter
Stories are powerful. We tell them every day. They surround us and shape how we make sense of our lives and the world around us. Stories have the magical way of becoming a part of the very fabric of our lives: our memories, our feelings, and our sense of justice and faith But by far,…
Read MoreGod Goes Before Us
What does it mean to live boldly? Perhaps it’s staying put when the urge to run is strongest. Or choosing to push forward despite the fear and obstacles ahead. Having a difficult conversation you’ve been avoiding. Speaking your mind when you prefer to stay silent. Choosing forgiveness. Regardless of how each of us individually works…
Read MoreWe Are Lifeless Without His Breath
I recently had a friend almost die in my arms. It was a frightening experience. We were out for lunch with friends enjoying a nice meal and in the middle of lunch he got up from the table, took a few steps, and then slowly fell to the floor. I grabbed him in my arms…
Read MoreHope in a Hopeless World
At YSM we meet people every day for whom our first task is to restore their belief in themselves and their hope for their future. That conversation often begins with the most basic exchange – around food, the one thing that we ultimately can’t live without, opening the doors to a suite of supportive services…
Read MoreThere Are Dates I Won’t Ever Forget
There are dates I won’t ever forget. May 1, 2011. As a family of four we sat around our kitchen table, held hands and prayed over our application to adopt from Haiti. We had been told it was a two year process and we couldn’t wait to begin this journey God had called us as a family…
Read MorePersonal Invitation “From SheRo to SheEO” by Jully Black
Hello See Hear Love Viewers and Friends! Nkechi Nwafor-Robinson and I want to invite all women that want to live a more purposeful life and who feel imprisoned by their reality and their current circumstance to attend the fall event installment of “From SheRo to SheEO” held on October 14, 2017 at the Novotel Hotel at 3…
Read MoreThe Power of Asking ‘What If?’
Over the past 11 years, I have spent a significant amount of time in landfills around the world. (I know, I chase the glamour gigs, right?). I have worked with hundreds of people in those landfills.They are often stateless and vulnerable. They are always entrenched in the voracious cycles of poverty. However, they also became…
Read MoreLosing Sexy
Within hours of being released from the hospital, Eric took me to my hair salon. He knew that my curly hair, which had been jammed into a hairband since I began projectile vomiting everywhere, was beyond matted. He figured out (long before I did) that since I couldn’t get my incision wet or lean over,…
Read MoreThe Dance
Do you remember your first dance? Looking back on that moment, do you recall how it felt to dance with your partner that first time? For me, that moment overwhelmed me with a sense of vulnerability, intimacy, and loss of control. Being so close to someone, for a three-minute song that felt like eternity, brought…
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