Kara-Kae James and Creating Space
Feb 04, 2024
Kara-Kae James is an author, blogger, and podcaster. Her newest book is called TOGETHER, A Journal for Mom & Me. Today, Kara-Kae shares her journey as a kid keeping up appearances, how she struggled to trust even though she knew all the right answers, and growing comfortable with her questions. Kara-Kae also shares her journaling practices with her kids and how adopting a son changed her world. Throughout her story, Kara-Kae shows how she creates space for people to be and become themselves. Her story reminds us that God is not daunted by our questions but embraces them and us.
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Stories Kara-Kae shared:
- Growing up in Oklahoma as a church kid
- Having a legalistic view of God as a young person
- How checking all the boxes made her faith not her own
- The behind the scenes of church work that jaded her
- Knowing all the right answers but still struggling with God
- How pastor’s wives can live in authenticity
- Learning to be comfortable with her questions
- Pursuing her dream of writing
- Creating space for people to land with their questions
- Her journaling practices with her kids
- Adopting their son and how that changed their family
Great quotes from Kara-Kae:
The church was my safe place.
I can easily tell you all the correct answers even if i’m battling in my mind whether or not I believe them.
Sometimes letting things fall apart and asking hard questions is what will truly transform us.
Resources we mentioned:
- Kara-Kae’s website
- Together, a Journal for Mom & Me: A Guided Experience Connecting Moms and Kids to God and Each Other
by Kara-Kae James
- Mom Up: Thriving with Grace in the Chaos of Motherhood
by Kara-Kae James
- Leading and Loving It
- Kara-Kae’s Amazon list of books about race
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