by Wendy Nichol | Oct 3, 2018 | Weekly Writing
The therapeutic nature of doubt. Why doubt doesn’t have to destroy you. For many years now, I’ve found myself questioning theology. As someone who was raised in Christian Theology that was layered on top of lots of brokenness and delivered by a manipulative and...
by Wendy Nichol | Sep 28, 2018 | Weekly Writing
I have this goal in life…. The ultimate goal of goals. The thing that would make me feel like I have figured it out…. It’s simple and complicated. I want complete inner peace. I want to be the tranquil maiden standing on the water as the tumultuous waves of life crash...
by Wendy Nichol | Sep 21, 2018 | Behind The Music
I remember the moment I wrote this song. My husband was deployed and the 45th Infantry Brigade lost three of our guys in one day. Our brothers were broken over it. I laid on the floor of my living room tearfully sketching out words of sorrow. I witnessed dreams...
by Wendy Nichol | Sep 14, 2018 | Weekly Writing
I learned a lesson one year that changed my thinking. It was essentially that I had control over what I let affect me. Now, this isn’t that foreign of a concept. Everyone thinks you have a choice but then we’re reactionary or silent and hurt. So what is it that causes...
by Wendy Nichol | Aug 27, 2018 | Weekly Writing
This morning I was up early ready to send out an email blast to my subscribers. I had been working on this email for more than a day and a half. It’s a new platform and I couldn’t seem to get it to do what I needed. It was a technical issue. After a few months of...
by Wendy Nichol | Aug 21, 2018 | Weekly Writing
Isn’t it amazing how powerful thought is? A thought turns into a word, turns into an action, turns into a way of thinking and then a way of life… Whatever order that happens in our lives begins with our thoughts. If a person thinks they are bad they’ll do bad things....
by Wendy Nichol | Aug 14, 2018 | Behind The Music
Every now and then I’m going to work in a new category. This is the first post for “Behind The Music.” After poling a couple friends I felt like this song was a great start. Mostly because this one got the #1 vote but also because I feel like fear is...
by Wendy Nichol | Aug 7, 2018 | Weekly Writing
Have you ever dreamed of doing something great? How do you define great? Is your great and my great on completely different scales? Is there even a scale? Cause I know that sometimes making it to the bathroom on your own can be an accomplishment when certain...
by Wendy Nichol | Jul 31, 2018 | Weekly Writing
What is it about the moment you make a commitment to yourself or to someone else, challenges rise up against it? It’s literally, as the words slip from my thoughts, “I’m going to start doing ____” or “I’m not going to ____” the universe rises up and says (very loudly...
by Wendy Nichol | Jul 23, 2018 | Weekly Writing
Have you ever made your mistakes part of the dance? I see that quote and it inspires beautiful images and a great sentiment but I actually have no idea how to implement that concept. How to slide from a mistake to an intended consequence and make it look graceful. So...