Author Archives: Julie Lyles Carr

It’s stashed in a faded plastic bucket in the attic, its pages dog eared, spine cracking, the edges peeling. It’s my diary from several years of my childhood, an image of that 70’s &...

The pace of the holidays can be crazy. How can we take a Sabbath approach to this season? Here's Step 3 - a great reminder that Sabbath is a GIFT. Learn about Step 1 here, and Step 2 h...

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.  (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And ever...

It doesn't pair well with visions of sugar plums, candy canes and stockings. But the holidays can be a time of sadness, of loss, of depression for many people. The traditions and...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.And expensive.And complicated.And busy. And, for me, as the CEO of a large tribe with an even larger extended tribe scattered across a 1,000 m...

The pace of the holidays can be crazy. How can we take a Sabbath approach to this season? Here's Step 2 - can you do it??? Learn about Step 1 here, and come back next Monday for the final i...

The pace of the holidays can be crazy. How can we take a Sabbath approach to this season? Julie has some great advice - and a challenge to get you started! Steps 2 & 3 will come on the ...

With a tribe of eight kids, I’ve got a buffet of personalities and quirks and hilarities and twists, turns, and curves when it comes to all the group dynamics of a packed house. And ...

Do you hear that? That sound in the near distance?That pounding of metaphorical hooves?The clicking of an frenetic clock?The turning of the pages of the calendar? I got home from...

I was minding my own business, scrolling through some racks of dresses at my favorite boutique. Tar-jay. Bullseye. And it was whilst browing said frocks at said store ...