faith

Today, you notice the darkness lifting and you’re seeing small cracks of light again. You feel the warmth on your face, the smell of fresh-brewed coffee, and tightly embrace your son’s neck before school. You even caught yourself laughing at something silly again…

Allow yourself to grieve. These were the words a friend sent me recently. She has traveled this life longer than me and shared a lot of wisdom my heart needed.  The last year has been full of losses for our family. Stepping down from full time ministry, losing our dog, …

Yes, you serve a God who knows how to give good gifts to you. Maybe you’re just too afraid to ask Him. But when you come to him, be confident and secure in the fact He desires to bless you. You don’t even have to question if He will.

I realized it’s okay to sit and not be fine. It’s okay to not have answers yet. All of us are in the “in-between” not only in this crazy pandemic, but as we wait on Jesus to make everything right again in this sin drenched world…

Channel his pride, energy, intelligence, creativity, determination, and leadership in the right direction

In the beautiful freedom of his love and grace. In the freedom of giving my body to him as an act of worship- scars, hurts, imperfections and all…

This particular summer after my senior year of college, I interned in Nashville at a highly respected publishing company. I was also enjoying the amenities and excitement of music city and meeting famous musicians. God was giving me more opportunities as a Christian writer and I was making plans to …

And he didn’t just give thanks with his lips, he displayed it by giving up his life…

“But I don’t want to go!” My seven-year-old Rebekah screamed as I woke her up at the crack of dawn for her very first swim meet of the summer season. She hid under her covers in a ball. “Let’s go.”  I said. “We’re going…