Category: Vocational Calling
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They and She: The Paralyzing Power of Past Family Pain
Sometimes, I am paralyzed by the past pain of my family. It’s as if what touched them touches me. It’s as if who they couldn’t forgive,I came out of the womb detesting. It’s as if their mind’s tears flowed through the years onlyTo solidify in my DNA. No words were needed when I was young;…
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Birthday Broom: The Dust of 32 That I Leave Behind
Like all other slightly neurotic, goal-obsessed go-getters out there, my 33rd birthday held space for self-reflection (and seconds on cake). During this time, I remembered my Grandpa helping me move-in to my first place. We were unpacking in the kitchen and he pulled out my ole’ dorm broom and said, “We gotta getcha a new broom,…
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Be Selective with Your Yes: My Mom’s Retirement Toast
(I was honored to be able to give this toast at the Know Your Impact Conference on June 5, 2019.) It’s such a joy to be with you today in celebration of one of the most irrepressible, animated and passionate forces that God ever made, my mom, Dena Carol Hargrove Mojica. If you are here,…
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An Ode to My Donaghy: The Dance of a Senior Pastor & a Children’s Pastor
Like Liz Lemon on NBC’s 30 Rock, I too have been richly blessed by the professional friendship of a suave, very-opposite-of-me mentor who has been in the biz for quite a while. For a decade now, similar scenes of me rushing into his office to be either picked up or patted on the back have…
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Top 6 Takeaways of My Hometown Conference
A beloved tradition of mine is to venture to my hometown each summer and help at my mom’s conference. Know Your Impact is a cost-efficient and highly-equipping opportunity for educators of all settings. In the above pic, the keynote speaker is presenting my mom with a gift of appreciation. What fun! 😁 From “Mrs. Beautiful…
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Aidy Bryant and Goals
source Back in 2012, Saturday Night Live was enhanced with the addition of Aidy Bryant. Through her roles as Huckabee Sanders, a cop in Dyke & Fats , and of course–the many hilarious digital shorts, her values, writing, and acting have been “instrumental in shaping the new and distinctly feminine comedic sensibility” on the forty-plus-year-old show, as expressed…
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The Waiting Room: When Waiting on God to Talk Back Gets Hard
Yep–all of the clergy are gallivanting about in Israel, so ya got me. Don’t worry, we won’t be making flames with red glitter or having you act as one of the disciples in front of a gutsy fan. (Or, will we?) My name is Meg and for almost a decade now, I have been blessed to…