Homegrown Journal

Homegrown Journal

Inspiration to keep growing


  • About
  • Latest Posts
  • En•Julie
    • Lead Outta LoveIt matters how we lead ourselves and those around us. Leaders in any capacity must keep learning, not within the fleeting boundaries of fads and social media what-have-you-nots. Great leaders stem from unconditional love, with room to keep growing.
    • Ordinary People + Extraordinary GodOrdinary people whose faith is in the Lord do not receive get out of growth cards. We feel the fool, want to stop, insist we can’t one more time. Our persistence is not within, but is found with our eyes on an extraordinary God.
    • StorytellersPeople who tell of their own journeys, how they stub a toe on a pebble only to swing again and slay the mountain but sometimes not, whisper to us, “Keep growing.” Our shared experiences provide glimpses of our capabilities and promises of lessons to be learned.
    • The Great OutdoorsOutside is a place of humbling. Be it sowing and harvesting, walking a dog, raising some goats, wandering through a forest after a rain, the great outdoors remind us how “caring for” never, ever equals “controlling over.” What’s out there keeps us growing.
    • Write For Us
  • ChitChats
  • Jumajo Writing Company
  • #aheapofgood
Help us
keep growing

  • facebook.com/homegrownjournal
  • instagram.com/homegrown.journal
  • Leading with Grace and Growth

    Leading with Grace and Growth

    The best leaders start by leading themselves. How do you lead yourself? And not only lead yourself, but do it well? When I think of how I lead myself, I think…

    January 10, 2022
  • Zach Troutman is a Superstar who Leads Others To Better

    Zach Troutman is a Superstar who Leads Others To Better

    When we hear the term “superstar,” most of us think about someone who is high profile or an extremely successful performer for the entertainment of others. Almost 20 years ago, I…

    January 10, 2022
  • Dare To Hope

    Dare To Hope

    I love a good story. A good storyteller introduces tension and resolves it. All the loose ends tied up in a bow. The listener usually experiences complete closure. words + photographs…

    December 2, 2021
  • Waiting to Hear God’s Voice

    Waiting to Hear God’s Voice

    The Israelites waited in the desert 40 years to see the fulfillment of God’s promise to them. The prophetess, Anna, waited 84 years, practically a lifetime, to see her long-awaited Messiah…

    December 2, 2021
  • Do Hard Things. Allow them to shape your gratitude.

    Do Hard Things. Allow them to shape your gratitude.

    The night before my family adopted the 10-week-old German Shepherd/Chow Chow puppy, the bully-of-a-neighbor kid jumped our wood fence and did damage to the backyard. (And I think, maybe, our toy…

    November 15, 2021
  • Katrin Scott

    Katrin Scott

    Melinda* had been asking me for months to cook up something so we could serve it together at the Veterans Coming Home Center, a drop-in day center for the unsheltered in…

    November 6, 2021
←Previous Page Next Page→

Homegrown Journal

Inspiration to keep growing

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Homegrown Journal
    • Join 48 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Homegrown Journal
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar