by Shannon Popkin | Feb 18, 2019 | Love, Mistakes, Pain, Parenting, Problems
This post first appeared on, where I serve as one of the bloggers. I braced myself as I walked in the door. I knew it would be dark, so dark that I’d have to squint to read the faded gray numbers on the price tags. And I knew it would be loud, so loud that I’d have...
by Shannon Popkin | May 1, 2017 | Control Girl, Marriage, Mistakes, Parenting, Sin
Start with the Quiz Have you taken the quiz? If not, I invite you to start there. and come back. For those who have taken the quiz, now what? Of course, I want to encourage you to read my book, Control Girl: Lessons on Surrendering Your Burden of Control from Seven...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 2, 2016 | Humility, Mistakes, Speaking, Wisdom
This past week, I led a breakout session at the Speak Up Conference, titled “Self-Promotion: Greedy or Godly”. And what a perplexing, complicated topic it is–especially for bloggers, writers, and speakers. Even as I wrote the first sentence of this...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 14, 2014 | Fear, Mistakes, Speaking
“Your destination is on the right,” my GPS announced from its perch on the dashboard. “It is?” I asked out loud. I was on a country road in the middle of nowhere. And I was supposed to be at a church. Speaking. In 10 minutes. I was already...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 17, 2014 | Mistakes
“We’re such hypocrites,” my son told my husband quietly. He said ‘we’, but he was really talking about me. Earlier that evening, when the kids were swimming in the pool, I walked into the laundry room and said, “Grrrrr!!!! There is...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 5, 2014 | Communication, Mistakes, Parenting, Wisdom
A friend was recently giving me an update on how it’s going–now that his oldest child is behind the wheel. He said he grips the door handle and yells a lot, and it seems to be working!I laughed and told him I’d have to try his grip-n-yell technique....