Tis the Season!

This is the season of so many things. I often find myself saying “tis the season,” when someone mentions something that occurs frequently in this time of year. Colds, school programs, buying tons of presents, creating to-do lists for all those little...

Holy Spirit: A Guide into the Wild

  This is it. Lately, I have been obsessed with thinking about what it would look like to launch a ministry. I am sure it is less of a launch and more of a conscience step forward. It’s not like a ceremonial thing that can be marked by a large event-type...

The Launch Party: A Relationship with (the) Holy Spirit

I was born and raised in a charismatic, country church in which I was related to 1/2 of the congregation and was convinced I was related to the other half somehow (turns out they were actually related to each other so basically 2 family groups made up nearly all of...

Re-Entry Week: It’s a Real Thing

  Summer Break 2017 is in full effect at our house. We got out of school the Thursday before Memorial Day. Around here this is both a blessed time and one that will test our parenting patience quickly. By mid-May, we are phoning it in and counting down the days....