religion

On Saturday, I surprised Jeremiah with a boat ride for his birthday. We boarded a beautiful wooden catamaran that seated about 30 people. Scott was our captain. He was super friendly and we knew we were in for a treat on the lake. It was just what we needed after a …

Since having children, my prayer life has changed a lot. I used to have a more designated time for prayer, but now my prayers are more unscheduled, short and spontaneous. And lately the prayer I feel I offer most to God is Help! I’ve also had times when the only …

I go through weeks where I’m inspired to write and weeks where I just write regardless if I’m inspired or not. The latter is definitely the hardest and not what I prefer, but it’s reality. For a while now, I have forgotten about the things in my life that help …

I love it when a blog post or article written by someone will stick with me all week long. These three posts have inspired and challenged me in a ton of ways. That being said… it would be silly wrong for me not to share them with you. Enjoy! – …

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about our responsibility as Christ-followers to love the world around us. I’ve also been thinking about what true joy looks like in the life of a believer. I get so confused when I meet people who claim to follow Christ, but who never smile, …

On our honeymoon four and a half years ago, Jeremiah and I went on a hike via horseback throughout the lush terrain of Kauai, Hawaii. Mid way through the excursion, we planted ourselves at a waterfall to get water, rest, and eat sandwiches. After our bellies were full, we jumped …

Growing up, I heard that in heaven I would worship God all the time, throughout eternity, f-o-r-e-v-e-r… I pictured harps, angels, clouds and the ability to fly. I always wanted to fly as a little girl (still do). My mom taught me that God was going to build a new …

Heart’s racing. Knees weak. Stuttered words. What will they think of me? Will I be rejected? Laughed at? Sharing my faith with other people isn’t always easy. I fear and worry still today even when the last time I tried to get things going spiritually, everything went fine. My waiter …

“The church I grew up in was hypocritical,” my waiter said after I asked him about his church background. “I’m from east Texas- you know the Meth capital of the world. So people would do Meth and then go to our Baptist church on Sunday,” he said with a somewhat …