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Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart {A Book review}
In the book,Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart: How to Know for Sure You Are Saved Pastor and author J.D. Greear says answers the question: Can we be assured of our salvation? This is a short and...
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Weekend Wanderings
May your wanderings this weekend bring you to the sweet place of surrender, and may you find comfort and rest in the stillness. May you know Him, and find tender mercy in His relentless grace for you....
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Beauty In Brokenness {Plus A Be Small Studios Giveaway}
Photo courtesy of Annie Barnett @BeSmallStudios I knew it, as I sat there in Panera, with my ear buds stuffed in my ears, and Holley Gerth’s book in front of me, that this would be a challenging year....
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The Tempering Of Motherhood {Joyful Mothering}
When the week piled up on me, and Friday rolled around I’d not once made it out of bed to exercise. I’ts been months (oh, how that makes me cringe) since I’ve run and I can tell in every ugly way that...
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Because You Should Know
I know I told you I was on a little blogging sabbatical, and mostly, I still am. But for the last 8 days I haven’t been able to write one single coherent thought, and today, the ground is breaking a...
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Sitting In Judgment
It’s Holy week, and as I think on the crucifixion, on the sacrifice of Jesus, I am reminded through stories like this one that I share today, of just who I am, and who Jesus really is. Humbling–that’s...
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Weekend Wandering~ Awaiting Resurrection
This is on repeat here today: Can’t see the video? Try Here. You just finished reading Weekend Wandering~ Awaiting Resurrection! Consider leaving a comment!Want to spread some encouragement? Download...
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He Is Risen
He is risen, and in Him, we rise. Holey Wholly, Holy: A Lenten Journey of Refinement Hallelujah–He’s alive. Can’t see the video? Try HERE. You just finished reading He Is Risen! Consider leaving a...
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How To Beat Envy (It’s Not As Hard As You Think)
The daffodils sprung up this past weekend while I was away. When I’d packed the car up Thursday morning they’d been all green with promise. Sunday morning when I returned, in my rush out the door to...
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Lessons From The Kitchen (On Rising)
…we can feed the soul-starved of this world by sharing our broken selves… I come from a long line of food lovers, and some of my strongest memories are connected to family kitchens I remember in...
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Sitting In Judgment
It’s Holy week, and as I think on the crucifixion, on the sacrifice of Jesus, I am reminded through stories like this one that I share today, of just who I am, and who Jesus really is. Humbling–that’s...
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Weekend Wandering~ Awaiting Resurrection
This is on repeat here today: Can’t see the video? Try Here. You just finished reading Weekend Wandering~ Awaiting Resurrection! Consider leaving a comment!Thanks for reading! Learn more about Refine...
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Why We Should Tell The Stories That Scare Us
In the last couple of years God’s been stretching me, leading me into uncomfortable territory for His purposes, and for my own healing. It’s not been an easy journey so far. I’ve had to face some...
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When You Forget That You Are The Best Mama
She pats me on the back while I’m hunched over my laptop. “You’re the best Mama, best mama”, she croons. Her sentiments are genuine but I feel myself physically bristle against her tender patting, and...
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Small
On friday’s, we write for five short minutes without editing and gussying the page. We spill what rises to the surface and share it, bravely with others, and we encourage. We give virtual high fives...
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Thoughts on Art and Healing and What It Means To Know Your Purpose
I know I’ve been posting often in other spaces, and I am so grateful for the opportunities to share with different folks around the web. Today, I managed to land in two places at once. I have a guest...
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On Deception And Real Freedom
I’m always a bit uncomfortable writing about sin. Nobody particularly likes that word, and while I am an expert in the practice of it, I worry that I will be accused of being “holier than thou”, which...
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What We Can’t Do For Ourselves, Meditations on Grace
Meditations on Grace It’s been 1o years since this humbling experience. 10 years and a hundred other things have filled the days and weeks, and stretched out the months into years, but it is so seared...
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God Is A Midwife (Advent Reflections)
Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast. From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. Psalm 22:7-9 God Is A Midwife We...
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When Your Christmas Miracle Doesn’t Look Like What You Expected
Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a...
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