spiritual growth

Am I lavish towards my children in what will impact them for eternity?

“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…

While I was washing the dishes a few nights ago, John walks up to me in adult-like fashion and says: “Momma?” I turn to him wondering what his next words will be. I assumed he needed something. “I love you.” My eyes lit up and I was pleasantly surprised especially …

As much as I want time to stand still at times, I’m thankful for the process of spiritual, emotional, and physical growth similar to the growth and development I see in my children on a daily basis. Growth is necessary so that we can become all that God wants us …

Since we moved into a bigger apartment in seminary housing a few weeks ago, John has loved all the space. Often, when we’re out and about, he says to me: “I wanna go home, Momma.” And this desire for him to go home has got me thinking a lot about …

On Sunday, God answered a prayer I began praying two years ago for a young woman named *Allison. Two years ago I was deeply stirred and convicted that I can be salt and light wherever I go: at the grocery store, the park, the mall, Chick-fil-a, wherever… There were people …