Behind The Scenes With Truly’s Art Director

This week we're pulling back the curtains to give you another behind-the-scenes peek at The Truly Co. We are thrilled for you to meet our Art Director, Kristi Ellison. If you've held a copy of Truly magazine in your hands and admired the layout and overall visual tone, you know...

Three Ways to Stay Grounded in Your Calling

Three Ways to Stay Grounded in Your Calling What has God rested on your heart? What has he laid in your hands? What is his distinct call for you? He has tasked you with something special, a calling all your own. This calling is a gift, though it isn’t always...

Self-Care, Mental Health, and the Church with Jenni Kahmeyer

In this episode, Jenni Kahmeyer, a licensed mental health counselor and writer for The Truly Co, speaks on the necessity of self-care and the topic of mental health. Self-care is really about self-compassion and treating ourselves well. She explores the history of mental health issues in the church and some...

Identity in Christ

Identity can almost feel like a buzzword in both secular and Christian circles these days. So much so that it begins to lose meaning and even importance. Our senses become dulled to its very notion. I assure you, however, it is important—and if it’s not to you, it should be....

The Art of Remembering: Finding God in Our Suffering

In this episode, Leah Andrade shares her incredible journey of discovering God’s goodness, faithfulness, and redeeming power in her life through her journey as an immigrant from Guatemala as a young child. When Leah became a single mom unexpectedly, an older woman befriended her, stirring a passion and desire someday...

God-Given Tension

It’s a little unnerving when a book of the Bible gets all up in our business. Reading through Solomon’s realizations in the book of Ecclesiastes is like having someone put words to deeply felt truths and insecurities. It’s at once an uncomfortable exposure and consoling company. The author sums up...

Becoming Interruptible with Deidre Braley

Deidre Braley is a Title 1 teacher and instructional strategist at an elementary school in Maine. She enjoys leisurely breakfasts, throwing dinner parties, and writing for her blog The Second Cup. She also writes for Truly Magazine. In this episode, Deidre talks with Truly Co Podcast host Lindsay May about...

The Gift of Mentoring

I sat teary-eyed at my laptop, frustrated and concerned about some friendship struggles my daughter was having. Carefully, I crafted an email asking my associate pastor’s wife if she had time to meet. “I’d love to get your advice,” I typed.  She responded the next day, and soon I found...

Unifying Our Hearts To God with Monica Ritchie

In this episode of The Truly Co Podcast, Monica Ritchie and Lindsay May talk about the importance of understanding God, scripture, and our belief systems. Our belief systems are a vacuum. If we don't fill them with something, our belief systems will be filled for us by the world around...

The Prescription for My Pain

“Mom, I don’t want to do this,” she pleaded through tears. “You have to, love,” I said. “This medicine will help make you well.” My daughter, ten years old at the time, had developed a skin infection all over the back of her legs that required antibiotics to treat. We...