What if We Took Time to Be Us?
Mamas, I have a tip for you: Just Be You! Everyday, I get to see about 100+ articles about this and that--usually posted on social media. I don't read most of them because they are an opinion about another article that they read. Moms are all up in arms about...
When you Suck at Slow to Anger
The verse of the day. We see them floating around everywhere. I love the apps, emails and the social media sharing of great verses. Today was this little jewel: James 1:19 (TPT) My dearest brothers and sisters, take this to heart: Be quick to listen, but slow...
Is Love Winning in the Church?
Lately, my focus has drifted to how Christianity has come to be known as a religion. Furthermore, how did we become defined by ourselves and the world by the tasks we do (or don’t do). If you stopped someone on the street and simply asked them “What is a Christian?”...
How to Keep a New Season from Tripping you Up
The New Year always fills me with more hope and dream fuel than I can handle. I have the grandest of plans for the next twelve months and in my excitement, I tend to begin to spin the plate on every dream right away. My practical side says, "Patience, Grasshopper."...
When the Teaching Moments Choose Us
There are days when things go wrong and we don’t understand why. Not int the moment anyway. We do all the right things, say all the right prayers, have the right motive and still life doesn’t go our preferred way. One such day occurred in our family not too long ago....
Wild and Free: Loving my Kids on Purpose
Back to school. Return to routine. New chapters are beginning. We are in a completely new season of life at our house this August. For the first time everyone is going to school. My youngest will begin preschool in just a few short weeks and my middle kid started...