Is your faith practical?  Is your walk with Christ really based on a real life relationship?  Is it truly something you apply and live out in your day to day? For about a month now I’ve been mulling.  I’ve been thinking long and hard about a comment a friend made on Facebook.  This friend was seeking advice – practical advice – and she didn’t want… Read More

Blessing come in all kinds of packages. I usually like the ones that are wrapped in shiny little boxes. With pretty little bows. Happy, feel good type blessings. But this past week, I’ve experienced a blessing of an unusual kind. {Brace yourself, girls.} Grace flowed freely this time in the form of … vomit. I know (and I’m sorry). Usually… Read More

Easter has come and gone, and this year (like never before), I don’t want to start my week the same. I can’t walk into this week and go about my normal routine … because Easter happened!! Now, I know – Easter happens every year. But this year was different for me. God lavished His grace upon me and opened my… Read More

Today’s post is supposed to be #4 in a series on walking low – on learning and practicing humility … but it’s not going to be. Because here’s the deal: I’m not good at pulling up my chair to type out anything except what is fresh on my heart. And these last two weeks, my heart has been heavy. For… Read More

Sometimes admitting things out loud is difficult. Like this: how do I go about telling you that I’m lonely. Me – tightly knit in a family that thrives when we are together. Me – with gifts called friendships whose relationships run deep. Me – who has a mentor, accountability and women with whom I study and pray. How do I… Read More

…he will quiet you with his love Zephaniah 3:17 As soon as we pulled out of the elementary school parking lot, my little man spoke, “I miss the girls.” Bless him: sad before 8 am because his sissies had to go to school. And so our morning began. Every disappointment led to a melt down. Tears. Body thrown to the… Read More