by jamieivey | Oct 13, 2016 | Guest Post
When you become the executive director of a non-profit that serves people in poverty, people sort of assume that you must be “good at serving” or that “must be your thing.” It makes sense. Don’t most of us pursue careers or goals or things we feel like we have a knack...
by jamieivey | Jul 7, 2014 | Faith, Guest Post
A Big Surprise The midwives on the midnight shift in the maternity wing each paid a visit to my room to encourage me. I didn’t sleep that night, but not necessarily because I was up caring for my newborn son. I was awake replaying in my mind the shocking circumstances...
by jamieivey | Jun 9, 2014 | Family, Guest Post, Parenting
I was cruising down I-20 recently, headed to another Noonday Collection adoption trunk show my friend Kasey was hosting in a small west Texas town about 90 miles from my west Texas town. My mind wandered as I messed with the radio, mentally went through my “check...
by jamieivey | Jun 5, 2014 | Books
Hi readers! I am honored to share with you today on Jamie’s blog and since she and I met through a book club, it’s only fitting that I share with you some of my favorite reads that you might want to add to your beach bag this summer! I have a goal to read 52 books...
by jamieivey | May 8, 2014 | Around the Web, Faith, Guest Post
On April 15, the terrorist group Boko Haram – whose name can be roughly translated “Western Education is a Sin” – kidnapped over 300 teenage girls from a boarding school in Northern Nigeria under threat of violence. In a video released by the...
