I had the privilege of stealing away for an overnight trip with a leadership team I serve with at my church. We got to stay in a beautiful lake house in the mountains. It was the first time I’ve been away from my family in a year and 3 months. I was like a kid in a candy store not … Read More
10 Ways You Can Move Through Fear Right Now
Currently, the world is in crisis mode. There is a global pandemic: The Coronavirus. The toilet paper shelves are empty in most stores, most events have been cancelled, a portion of the world’s population are very sick, world leaders are making decisions by the hour, and people are worried across the globes. Our hearts and minds are as heavy as … Read More
10 Takeaways From Taking a Social Media Fast
Recently, the pastor of our church asked the congregation to do a 21 Day Fast. I might’ve grown anxious and waited until the veryyyyyyy last minute to confirm my commitment when I heard this. I have done 24 hour food fasting a couple times and a week long social media fast before for various reasons, but I had never committed … Read More
Why Funerals Are a Good Way to Start a Decade
“How’s that little boy?” he asked as he pointed to the row my mom was sitting on, there in the back of the sanctuary, helping me find my seat. “He’s great. Growing so fast,” I quickly responded as I clutched the program for the first funeral of the decade I would attend. “Good. That’s what we care about,” he said, … Read More
Spotlight Prayers
Prayer is a constant line of communication with God. I’m still learning so much about prayer. It’s humbling to think that the God of the Universe will listen to what little ole me has to say, especially since it used to be that there was a much more complicated process to talk with Him. Jesus has become our mediator and … Read More
Missing the Old While Longing For the New
Our backyard has a creek running through it, nestled up to woods with both tall and fallen trees. Pretty much daily, we drop everything to run watch the deer trot through the woods, across the creek, and in to the field on the backside of our property. The other day, my husband took our three year old son, dog, and … Read More
How to Walk Through Uncertain Times More Confidently
Shadows can be daunting. Sometimes they create wild images in our minds to what might be lurking on the path we are to walk or the place we are to settle for a stretch. But other times, they help us see the shape of who is walking beside us a little more clearly as we make our passage through the … Read More
The Truth About Isolating Yourself
One of Satan’s craftiest plans is to keep you discouraged, depressed, and anxious by keeping you isolated. He wants to convince you that you don’t belong and that you don’t have a place. He wants to get you by yourself so that you don’t have an army of support pouring truth, fellowship, and hope into your life. Don’t believe him. … Read More
If It Weren’t for Billy Graham, I Wouldn’t Be Alive
I wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for Billy Graham. You read that right. I really wouldn’t. Do you ever wonder who it was in your life that was the crux of it all that led to your existence? Have you ever stopped to consider that maybe YOU are the one that will be the prompt to someone else’s opening … Read More
…And You’re A Person
“You’re really hard on yourself,” she said to me from her office chair. “I know. My husband tells me the same thing,” I say. We talk about it a little further. I carry some sort of ritualistic gotta prove my worth thing that no one else on earth has asked me to carry. We don’t speak those words, but I … Read More