Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Pumpkin Patch...


Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, who doesn't just want to jump into this little precious hobbit house with lots of pumpkins? I do! This pic is just from Pinterest and sadly not what the Ozarks Pumpkin Patch looks like but just a little fall bucket list for you all to go grab your family and loved ones and go to the Pumpkin Patch in your area. No don't go grab your boyfriend of 4.3 days and go with him...grab your mom, wear cute scarves and take family pictures. Random tangent but just felt like I wanted to add that in...your mom birthed you, she deserves a fall day at a Pumpkin Patch with you!

Go, hold a pumpkin and smile for the pictures...priceless!

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Monday, October 28, 2013

Go Play...Warball...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, the post about the 2014 leadership team got quite the buzz...okay, not really but the leadership girls freaked out some in a very surprised, what in the world kind of way...but mostly in a yeah, that's probably, most likely a true statement about us all returning for 2014...unless folks have really good excuses...we'll see. (Example: Abby Shover you get picked up as a back up dancer for One Direction and Mary Ottley you go on the Tour d' France since you are on the biking team at Sewanee. Who knew?)

Otherwise, I feel like it's a pretty positive situation...anyways, this little ditty of a picture made my heart soar. Literally it soared. I am no avid warball player, who am I kidding I don't even know if I can catch a warball since I haven't played in 5 years due to a warball being in my womb...no biggie. Anyways, I love the idea of warball. I love watching these sweet girls come out of their shell and just ambush folks and I love girls having fun, making memories and playing (as our culture doesn't exactly promote healthy and strong girl friendships). Anyways, so today, go grab your friends or just random kids down the street and play a game of friendly warball. Just make sure to stretch your shoulder out before...safety first folks.

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Friday, October 25, 2013

A Great Piece of Wisdom...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Oh, how passionate I am about the fight about comparison in the teenage/pre-teen/oh, goodness sake even 5 year old girls...I love this print above mostly because there is so much freedom in the picture. love it!

I read an article a few weeks back that I loved one certain wisdom that she shared (I honestly can't remember the exact article...just took away this point). She shared that the one thing we can teach our daughters to help against the "mean girl" life is to learn to give a compliment. A good ole sincere, truthful, and honest compliment to someone else for doing something good, looking cute, having a new haircut or whatever. Just to give a simple compliment. So simple, maybe a bit sad that we have lost this somehow, but something my littles will know how to do.

Go give an authentic compliment to someone...nothing about you...just a pure hearted compliment. You will blow minds...

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

What a Deer...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, how cute is that painted deer antler...doubt my burly bearded hubs would let me paint any antlers he ever brings home...but a gal can dream.

This is a totally random post...the hubs got a deer. Prayerfully none of you will think we are now pet owners of a deer, we are no Joe White, and by "got a deer" I truly mean "filled up our fridge with free meat." Woohoo! We are grinding it up ourselves...should be interesting!

Please feel no need to comment if you are an animal activist against killing animals to feed people. I love deer...and their cute painted antlers...and their tasty meat in my pumpkin chili! I am now hungry and want to go craft...weird.

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Monday, October 21, 2013

Humble...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Walking and breathing and living humble lives is hard...to daily swallow moments of self and who am I kidding not just daily but every moment to let humility ooze out and not our own cool (joke definitely intended here) ooze out.

So quit thinking of yourself...go...

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Friday, October 18, 2013

Every Princess Has Cute Socks...


Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
I don't put my kids on this blog but once a blue moon (what does that statement even mean? I'm sure my mammaw could tell me)...but since it's just their feet I decided it was okay...

I realize the statement is simple and girly and small...but goodness, I stare at these little feet wrapped in "princess" socks and I just marvel. First I giggle because a certain 3 year old firstborn wanted to wear them for 3 days straight while we were at the places dreams come true. So we let her...but we did not get around her feet and she did have to take them off for a bath...but shooooeeeyy!

Second I marvel because of the simplicity and wisdom in precious little girls' hearts. When did you, me, all of us forget the simplicity of being royal. Royal to a King. Royal to a Maker and Creator of every inch of you. Royal to the role of Princess to the Heavenly Kingdom of our Savior and Majesty Jesus Christ Our King. When do we stop letting ourselves believe we are princesses. Believe me my 2 and 3 year old truly believe they are princesses. They put on sparkly skirts and twirl and they have become Princesses. They walk on their tip toes and they are Princesses. They tell each other what makes them a princess is Jesus in them. They are Princesses. Not the over spoiled, crazy pageant 3 year olds, whiney, and solely based on tiaras kind of princesses...just the kind that even in pajamas on a Saturday morning with the craziest morning hair ever as they fall into their daddy's arms to watch Sofia or Jake (Disney Junior reference) they believe, truly carry the banner, of Princess.

Oh, to be a 3 year old...but why can't we in some sense? Each day you awake with a chance to be the royalty upon which you have been called to if you have given your precious heart to the Maker of it. Each day you can choose, not the newest or shiniest outfit, but the heart of compassion and crown of kindness. Each day you can awake to crazy morning hair and maybe not facial clarity perfection (junior high is rough on the facial hormone chaos), but you can choose to smile and show a loving Father to the girl next to you at your locker. Each day you, sweet friends, can be a PRINCESS to the Heavenly Father and Author of Your Ultimate Love Story with HIM. You can choose to be Royal...if you have some princess socks, well, that just helps.

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

One's Life Reflects the Heart...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Love this Proverb...so rich. There are times when the reflection in my life is great, right on track...then other times when that reflection feels lost in the waves...either way we should always be longing for our life to reflect the heart of Jesus...the love of Jesus...the grace of Jesus...just Jesus...

What will your life reflect today?

Be awesome & love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Monday, October 14, 2013

They are ALL Contracted for Summer 2014...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
I know you all are going to just squeal from excitement...ya know when you type a word and it just doesn't seem right but you don't really want to look it up to fix it if it is wrong? Just happened with squeal...go with it.

All the team from 2013 have pricked their fingers and signed in blood (this sounds weird when you type it...very vampire, team edward weird)...They are all coming back for Summer 2014 to be the Girls Leadership team once again...

Let's hear some hip hip hoorays!

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

(* DISCLAIMER: I may or may not be totally making this post up...but I'm pregnant and sometimes my mind doesn't work. Excuse...done!)

Friday, October 11, 2013

Fall Loves...


Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, I am sure this post will be life changing, heart transforming...or maybe just make you say..."me too." Enjoy it's random-ness...or something else...

1. (above) I can't actually find where you can get these beauties but I must admit I love the EOS lip balm and they are normally in round balls but these are just beautiful...I have the pink and mint ones but those little orange/tangeriney ones are calling my name...

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2. Okay, you would think I am like obsessed with Starbucks...I don't even drink coffee. I should be getting some perks from this place...a stay-at-home mom can dream, right? Anyways, I AM currently obsessed with the Refreshers at Starbucks. I have had the lime and orange and when I say LOVE it's an understatement...fresh, fruity and deelish.

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3. Fall Pillow Change Up...loving oranges, reds and yellows...love changing pillows like a boss! I don't know where/what the picture is above but I just liked the image of pillows/colors.

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4. I am laughing at myself so hard right now...These are such mom shoes...well, I LOVE THEM. My momma was in town and spoiled me right up...with these shoes that I love. You can even wash them like normal clothes and I love that! These are the color I got but they come in some lively colors...Go walk...

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5. Gotta keep it real with what I'm actually crushing on...I love me some Young House Love blog and they have a line of lights and I am just smitten as a lizard (I don't really like kittens/cats) with this orb light for our little nests' entry.

Be changed from this post...walk away with your mind blown...

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Do You Suppose...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
How much do you love this print? I love this store on Etsy and think this little Katie Daisy gal (wouldn't it be odd if I typed that and it's like this 53.4 year old man who draws up these wonderfully and whimsically colored to perfection illustrations...weird) is just divine.

I was thinking about my #2 little and loved this print for her. As I thought of the quote the past few days I thought of teenage cray-cray young women in general. You gals are wildflowers...each of you a different type, with different colors and scars from the wind and rain. I just wish you could see the beautiful wildflower that you are...instead you tend to all want to be perfect-kept roses or pretend to be the wildflower but insecurely not embrace all your little wildflower-ness...

Be the precious wildflower Jesus made you to be...whatever that means. He created you so perfectly (jacked up-in need of a Savior perfectly...just to clarify). Be quirky, be girl next door, be innocent, be punky rocker (without the attitude), be cheerleader...but be Jesus first. Be the young woman He made you to be...with class, kindness, love and compassion on each person you come across. Be a wildflower..

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Monday, October 7, 2013

Real Person, Real Conversation...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, you know my hate of social media and all the shallowness it is breeding in our world today (however, I am no expert, theologian or total hater...just opinionator of the effects of it). Anyways, today's little picture is just precious and perfect. Follow the source link for this little free download. Print it and leave a little note for anyone...mom, sister, friend, dad, brother, uncle, great aunt Pearl, or just a real person in your life that loves you and you love...send it, get them and go have a real conversation with a real person. PHONES AWAY. No texting, instagramming, snapchatting, etc...talk and mute that phone.

Here are some questions in case you are breaking out in a sweat to think of not talking about stuff on your phone:

1. How are you? (life changing I know)
2. What has been the highlight of (enter any amount of time...today, your month, your week, etc)
3. What was/is your biggest dream in life?
4. If you had to list your top 5 blessings (people, situations or stuff) what would they be?
5. What do you love about fall? Holidays?
6. (if with an older person) What would you go back and tell your 16 year old (enter your age) self?
7. Tell me your testimony of your walk with Jesus.
8. What is your favorite meal? (stash this in your head to get them a gift card or even crazier make the meal at some point for them)
9. How can I be praying for you?
10. Funniest, craziest story from your youth (again if older person)

Okay, real...real person, real little invite, real coffee/tea/refresher, and real conversation...ps MOMS/DADS/GRANDPARENTS: if you are reading this, reverse and grab your teen, grandson, daughter, etc.

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Friday, October 4, 2013

Welcome...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Fall...maybe it's been there for some of you already but for our little Ozarks we are just now starting to feel fall...long sleeves, red leaves popping out and pumpkin EVERYTHING. Don't you worry I just made my first pumpkin chocolate chip bread...yum-diddily-dum!

I must admit, like the rest of the world, I love fall! It is gorgeous around these parts and there is just something all cuddly about it. Can a season be cuddly...Sure.

So grab your PSL (Pumpkin Spice Latte for those out of the Starbucks loop) or your fav sweater and relish in the fall weather and beautiful landscapes of fall...if you live somewhere on the coast where it's not really fall, just google it.

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Baked Oatmeal...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, the famous Angela Thompson (my kamp momma friend) Baked Oatmeal as promised...actually I don't know if I promised it but in my fuzzy head I knew I wanted to post it because of it's delicious power. Be prepared.

So here it is. Grab your momma, g-ma, friends, sister or daddio and go bake today...

Ingredients:
1/2 cup canola oil
1/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 cups old fashioned oats
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup milk
1 cup chopped apple (Granny smith preferred...peeled then chopped)

Directions:
Mix oil, sugar and eggs until fluffy. Add remaining ingredients. Pour into 8x8 pyrex. You can either cover with foil and refrigerate until ready to bake or you can go ahead and bake at 400 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Top with vanilla yogurt and fresh fruit. This keeps well in fridge; heat individual servings in microwave. I doubled the recipe for your visit and used a 9x13 dish.

OKAY...so there is the famous recipe. Some Robbins' add ons...we use all kinds of yogurt...Chobani being our all time favorite since it is all healthy and stuff. If we have fresh fruit great hallelujah dance but most days we don't. So yogurt is just as yummy. The hubs will argue he likes it with milk poured over and not yogurt...not my vote at all. But he LOVES it. Also, I add lots of apples. I love the tart taste and probably do 2 cups for each 8x8 batch so like 4 cups for a 9x13 pan. We love us some apples!

Go and make this...seriously!


{real life recipe...look at all those spots from water, oil, egg yolk...who knows...that's real life ya'll!}
Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Monday, September 30, 2013

Looking Back...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends
Looking back. Some people will tell you to never look back...keep moving forward, the past is the past.

I think for me, I would disagree. I am guessing most of you have started school and kamp seems, well, far away already. The moments of wonder with Jesus, the changes in your heart and life, and the real touch with your Savior feels...lost. And it's only September. Sweet girls, remember Jesus. Remember the same God that you see day in and day out at Kanakuk Kamps is the exact same Holy and Loving and Just and Real God that is in your heart, all around you...where you are. You don't need the kamp gates to walk daily with Jesus.

I love the refuge of the kamp bubble...I do. I just never want you to mistake that for the only place you "feel Jesus." He is with you and promises in Hebrews...He will never forsake you. Remember and look back to your heart moments this summer. He's in you, around you and working through you. He isn't "far away" and desires to simply know and be with you...

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Friday, September 27, 2013

Anything...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, this summer Kanakuk had the huge honor and blessing of having Jennie Allen as our girls' staff purity speaker. It was a raw, fun, real and honest message from Jennie and centered around Romans 8:1-2...

"Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death."

Anyways, so after kamp I actually had one of Jennie's book. I had had it for a while I must admit as I am not a great reader of any sorts outside of a quiet time in God's Word with Mickey Mouse or Jake and the Neverland Pirates theme music in the background or quite the reader of any children's books specifically the Dolly Parton Free Imagination Library books my littles get each month...other than that you will not see me thumbing through pages of much...grocery ads and west elm magazines not included.

BUT for some reason, I actually started reading this...and have finished it. I know, surprise! It was good. It was hard in some ways as the title is the prayer that absorbs the book..."Lord, I'll do anything." Anything to break the complacency of comfort, anything you call me to do, anything meaning all trust and hope and security and understanding is only found in HIM. ANYTHING. I think I can pray it, and really mean it...I think. I hope. I love Jennie's writing as she isn't this over the top, non-approachable or real writer...she doesn't ask for her readers to sell everything they own and move to a tribe of women with no shirts...she honestly and vulnerably just prays but my favorite line in the whole book was this...

"So do you everyday and your ordinary. Godliness is found and formed in those places."

For me this is life...the everday. The diapers, the cutting of 3 littles food every meal, the balance of life, the finding of Jesus in my mission of being on a floor all day with building blocks...the EVERYDAY. Jesus, may my anything come as YOU have it each day.

Go read a book...it's really good for your brain. Seriously.

Be awesome & love Jesus, 

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

5 month "Break", That's All that Was..

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Hey Kanakuk K2 Friends,
Wow! I guess by "break" I maybe should have typed 5 month stint of NOTHING. I am sure all the followers have been checking each day just longing for a post...I just giggled at my own thought!

Anyways, I guess it's time to update and start again as I do enjoy the creative outlet and silly posts and ramblings of my day to just be a fun place for you girls! It was a great summer which is what the break really centered around. Usually I blog to parents during the summer but with being a wife, momma to 3 and one on the way and jumping back in to being a summer kamp director...well, the blog was the break.

We are all settled back into routine and normalcy and that has been sweet like fresh fruit and chobani yogurt on my baked oatmeal recipe (technically not mine but a precious kamp momma from Nashville).  Seriously, it's the best baked oatmeal recipe ever known to man or woman.

So, I'm back...let's chat and engage and use social media (which you all know I hate...it's a weird relationship) for good, fun, laughter, and true relationships. Let's do this jack!


Be awesome & love Jesus,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Monday, April 15, 2013

12 Miles...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, I ran 12 miles this past weekend. Ugg! I am training (training to me means I only run on Saturdays with my best friend...training to most should be doing some training during the week! But YOLO right?)

We ran 12...and we survived! Woohoo! It is comical the motivation we use to push each other! We laugh alot, chat, stop chatting to breath, realize we have to chat or we want to quit, and chat more. It's awesome!

Go get out and grab a friend for a walk, run or even a skip through a park! (a safe park not a sketchy no one can see you park)

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Write it Out...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
As I finished my time with Jesus this morning my heart just started writing in my journal...

You are my all.
  You are Savior.
    You are near.
      You are mighty and intimate.
        You hear me.
          You are in control of all things.
            You are good.
              You place desires in me.

the list could have and continues to go on with each morning. I wonder if we all took time to simply write out who God is...his character, his actions towards us, his relationship with us and of us...how differently would we see our God when trials, hardships or just plain bad days come swinging at us.

So go, write it out...

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Who is Ready for Kamp...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
The picture might be weird to some but to most of us Kamp girls we LOVE our Nike Tempos at K2! Now over the years I have tried other shorts and liked them but I must admit my drawers are still mostly filled with the good ole Tempos! I loved last season at the outlet they had some shorts that had spandex lined into them and I'm kind of obsessed with them also...kind of kicked myself I didn't buy them in every color when they were there as I haven't seen them since...but they were just plain colors with a different shade of spandex! Awesome for Triathlete Abdomination time!

But all in all I am still a tempo girl...just scored a pair for $9 the other day from the Outlet! Holler, bargain shopper!

Get the tempos out (or any other shorts for kamp!)...kamp is coming!

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Great Read, Sorry, Still on Social Media Box...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, I'm sorry (sort of) that I have been on the social media kick here lately. I came across this article that is amazingly written that is a great balance in not shutting out social media but how to live healthily (not sure this is a word) in it. I LOVED the article and loved his premise of connecting and not comparing...

Here is the link. Go here but I'm also pasting it below....


I keep having the same conversation over and over. It starts like this: “I gave up Facebook for Lent, and I realized I’m a lot happier without it.” Or like this, “Pinterest makes me hate my house.” Or like this: “I stopped following a friend on Instagram, and now that I don’t see nonstop snapshots of her perfect life, I like her better.”

Yikes. This is a thing. This is coming up in conversation after conversation. The danger of the internet is that it’s very very easy to tell partial truths—to show the fabulous meal but not the mess to clean up afterward. To display the smiling couple-shot, but not the fight you had three days ago. To offer up the sparkly milestones but not the spiraling meltdowns.

I’m not anti-technology or anti-Internet, certainly, but I do think it’s important for us to remind ourselves from time to time that watching other peoples’ post-worthy moments on Facebook is always going to yield a prettier version of life than the one you’re living right now. That’s how it works.

WHEN YOU’RE WAITING FOR YOUR COFFEE TO BREW, THE MAJORITY OF YOUR FRIENDS PROBABLY AREN’T DOING ANYTHING ANY MORE SPECIAL. BUT IT ONLY TAKES ONE FRIEND AT THE EIFFEL TOWER TO MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE A LOSER.

My life looks better on the Internet than it does in real life. Everyone’s life looks better on the internet than it does in real life. The Internet is partial truths—we get to decide what people see and what they don’t. That’s why it’s safer short term. And that’s why it’s much, much more dangerous long term.
Because community—the rich kind, the transforming kind, the valuable and difficult kind—doesn’t happen in partial truths and well-edited photo collections on Instagram. Community happens when we hear each other’s actual voices, when we enter one another’s actual homes, with actual messes, around actual tables telling stories that ramble on beyond 140 pithy characters.

But seeing the best possible, often-unrealistic, half-truth version of other peoples’ lives isn’t the only danger of the Internet. Our envy buttons also get pushed because we rarely check Facebook when we’re having our own peak experiences. We check it when we’re bored and when we’re lonely, and it intensifies that boredom and loneliness.

When you’re laughing at a meal with friends, are you scrolling through Pinterest? When you’re in labor with your much-prayed-for-deeply-loved child, are you checking to see what’s happening on Instagram? Of course not. We check in with our phones when it seems like nothing fun is happening in our own lives—when we’re getting our oil changed or waiting for the coffee to brew.

It makes sense, then, that anyone else’s fun or beauty or sparkle gets under our skin. It magnifies our own dissatisfaction with that moment. When you’re waiting for your coffee to brew, the majority of your friends probably aren’t doing anything any more special.

But it only takes one friend at the Eiffel Tower to make you feel like a loser.

I’m a writer. I use Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and Pinterest and my blog as part of my professional life—as a way to connect with readers and be part of a conversation that we’re creating together, a conversation about creativity and faith and writing and parenting and community and life around the table. It’s a lovely conversation, and part of my work involves reading many blogs and commenting on lots of photos and scrolling through status after status.

Some days it feels rich and multi-faceted. I learn and I’m inspired. I find recipes I want to try and stories I want to live. I feel connected and thankful to be part of such an intelligent and creative internet community.

And then on some days, I feel like I have nothing to offer, like I must be the only one who isn’t a graphic designer and hasn’t yet managed to display her entire darling life online with lots of chevron and mint accents. I feel so certain that my life is a lot less darling than other peoples’ lives.

But that’s the Internet. The nature of it. I so easily fall prey to the seduction of other people’s partial truths and heavily filtered photos, making everything look amazing. And their amazing looking lives make me feel not amazing at all.

Let’s choose community. Let’s stop comparing. Let’s start connecting.

Some days when I sit down at my laptop, instead of choosing to be an observer via Facebook, I choose to be a friend via email. Instead of scrolling through someone else’s carefully curated images, I use those few seconds to send a text to a person I really know and really love and really want to be connected to.

It’s not about technology or not. I’m not suggesting you get all old-school-pen-and-paper about it (unless that’s your thing.) It’s about connecting instead of comparing. Instead of using the computer to watch someone else’s perfectly crafted life, enter into someone’s less-than-perfect life. You can use Facebook if you want, but you might find email, Skype and phone calls work better.

USING TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF BUILDING CAREFULLY-CURATED IMAGES OF OURSELVES IS AN OPTION, AND A WORTHWHILE ONE.

The distinction I’m making is public vs. private, not in person vs. long distance. I have very close, very honest friendships that depend on phone calls and Skype dates and long wandering emails, and I’m thankful that technology allows for those connections. But I don’t think you can build transforming friendships that take place only in a public sphere like Facebook or Instagram.
For many of us, walking away from the Internet isn’t an option. But using it to connect instead of compare is an option, and a life-changing one. Using technology to build community instead of building carefully-curated images of ourselves is an option, and a worthwhile one.

And on the days when you peer into the screen of your laptop and all you see are other people’s peak experiences that highlight your lack in that moment, remember that life isn’t about the story you tell about yourself on the Internet. It’s about a million more beautiful and complex things than that, like love and faith and really listening. It’s about using what you’ve been given to craft a life of gratitude and passion and grace.

Remember that the very best things in life can’t be captured in status updates.

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 


kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com