More laughter. Less shame. That’s the subtitle to this week’s section of Simply Tuesday — “Accepting Our Tuesday Soul,” and those four words speak such grace and freedom to my heart when I read them. This past weekend I was speaking at a conference and heard some incredible, real, raw stories from women.

There were beautiful “me, too” moments through their bravery, but what I loved most? It was the laughter. It was the moments where we sat and connected over the real, the funny, the embarrassing. I traveled home with a soul refilled and ready to pour out because of women who infused joy and laughter into our conversations — not shame or comparison.

Maybe this week you feel like you’re trying to find your way out of the fog. Or you’re living on the corner of desire and disappointment. Or maybe, like me, you’d love to learn a few more ways to cultivate a light heart. You are in the right place, because Emily covers all of those — and more — in this week’s reading.

Read

Today we’re going to be chatting with Emily about “Part 4: Accepting Our Tuesday Soul” (chapters 10-12). If you’ve already read that section, woohoo! If you’ve just received your book and haven’t had a chance to get started, don’t worry! You can jump in at any time and join us — plus, hanging out with us live on Periscope is open to everyone!

{Can you believe we only have one more week together?}

Chat Live

Be sure to follow (in)courage AND Emily on Periscope (just click the links for both names and you’ll be able to get all the info you need to download the free app if you don’t have it yet) and join us TODAY for a free live chat!

Here’s how it will work:

• At noon EST (in)courage will go live to chat, give you an extra fun giveaway announcement, etc. When our broadcast ends, you’ll jump over to watch Emily! If you’re following both of us, Periscope will tell you as soon as Emily is live!
• At 12:05 EST Emily will go live to discuss “Embracing Our Tuesday Work” and will answer some of YOUR questions! If you have something you’d like to ask the author, simply leave your question in the comments here on this blog post.

Discuss

Q1. On page 170, Emily writes, “I’m thankful that Jesus gives me space to fumble through the silence and I’m learning He meets me here in ways I would never expect.” How have you learned to embrace the fog — the unclear moments of life — and learn in the silence?

Q2. On page 180, Emily says “Desire and disappointment often keep company with one another on the bench.” How have you experienced this recently?

Q3. Share something you highlighted as you read through (or your own celebrity sighting story!) — we love hearing what you’re loving!

Continue the conversation over in our Facebook group!

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In Case You Missed It

• Part 1: Discovering Our Tuesday Home & the video replay
• Part 2: Embracing Our Tuesday Work & the video replay
• Part 3: Finding Our Tuesday People & the video replay

We’ll see you here Thursday, where you’ll be able to watch the replay of today’s live chat with Emily! Happy Tuesday, friends!

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