The First Renovation

The First Renovation

Don’t wait until the toilet overflows to find your true passions like I did. Start now. You don’t need anyone to tell you you are good enough. You are just because that is who you are and what you were created to do. The world needs your passions.

The House: Part One

The House: Part One

That’s when we saw it. The house that we would know-when-we-know-when-we-know. We both looked at each other and knew exactly what the other was thinking.

Who Can Save Us

Who Can Save Us

We all want this to end. I don’t care what you believe, who you believe, or what your “truth” is right now. We all are waiting for something, anything, to save us from this madness. Who/what will save us. We are reaching, grabbing, chasing anything 

Living the Headlines

Living the Headlines

Hearts exposed Narrative Idols For the past few months, I’ve woken up, looked outside, and wondered what the day would bring. I start out hopeful; full of sunshine. By the end of the day, I would find myself exhausted. You, too? I started taking account 

The New Normal

The New Normal

Everyone is talking about a new normal. People are saying that they don’t want to go back to our old normal. I get it. There is plenty I want to leave in the past. But, that doesn’t mean we have to wipe everything out. Not 

Good Stuff

Good Stuff

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10 It’s taken a month of quarantine for me to move my fingers over the keyboard. 1 Month. Like many of 

A Mighty Giant

A Mighty Giant

The real giant will show itself and it isn’t attacking our immune systems. It’s attacking our hearts.

God’s Presence Our Comfort

God’s Presence Our Comfort

We keep telling our story even when our story is ugly. We keep showing up because God’s goodness, His holy presence is not equivalent to our comfort.
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Old Self

Old Self

Annie Downs says, “Celebrate your former self. Don’t belittle your former self.” I’m paraphrasing, but you get the gist. She says this ALL the time and I absolutely love that she does. So often, we are told to hide our pasts. Our pasts haunt and 

Unknown

Unknown

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Matthew 28:19 The house is quiet. The kids are off to school and the husband off to work. I am