Have you ever had a season where you’ve had to make hard choices? Choosing to say no to one thing to say yes to another? This week I had to say no to a book contract with an independent collection that I really wanted to say yes to, to make space for my family. I agonized over the choice. I …
Avoiding the comparison trap?
One of the things I’ve been piloting in my day job is a program for graduating senior women to help them with the transition from college student to first job and the first six months. This week we met for our first Zoom session post graduation. Beyond it being wonderful to see these young women who I’ve invested so much …
What Made Joshua Different
I’ve always wondered what Moses did that led God to call him His friend. When you read the Old Testament books that Moses appears in, you see him doing things like: Pushing back against his calling: Exodus 3:11, 13; 4:1, 10,13 Arguing with God: Numbers 14:13-16 Became impatient: Numbers 20:10-12 What made Joshua different? @Cara_Putman shares some thoughts today. Click …
Living with a Different Spirit
Like many of you, I’ve been reading my way through the Bible. I’m starting Deuteronomy this week, but have been pondering this verse: But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it. Numbers 14:24. @cara_putman urges us to live life …
Books to Encourage in Chaotic Times
In our hourse we’re preparing for the kids to return to school and for me to return to face-to-face classes at Purdue. We all came home in mid-March, and I’d say we’re largely ready to see what the fall has in store. This year has been the year of Flexible Chaos, and I’m certain it’s not over yet! How are …
Monday Musings: Finding Beauty
This is an opportunity to press in. Life often goes very fast for our family. We’ve had years of taking the kids somewhere every night of the week. That hasn’t been our life since about March 15th. Instead we’ve had a chance to slow down. Spend time together. And press into our walk with God through the gift of time to read, journal, and process. I’ve been reading Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen and None Like Him by Jen Wilkin. Get Out of Your Head has been the kick I needed to push out of my thoughts. If your mind is anything like mine has been lately, it is so easy to spiral in our thoughts and this book has been what I needed to stop some of the craziness between my ears. None Like Him has helped me remember all the ways God is bigger and oh so different from me. It’s led me to focus on who He is and helped me lift my eyes from me. The combination of the two is a powerful one-two punch.
What made Joshua and Caleb different?
I’ve been thinking about this as I read/listened to the book of Joshua again this week. There was a significant difference in the way that Joshua and Caleb approached life and uncertainty than the other Israelite spies and the population as a whole. We have the opportunity to exercise a different mentality right now as we experience the uncertainty of COVID-19 and quarantines.
Confessions of a Wonder Woman
I was reminded this week of one of the nicknames I’ve acquired over time. It’s one that wears me out just typing it: Wonder Woman. I’ve been able to do a lot of wonderful things during my relatively short life. I’ve been blessed, but sometimes it’s exhausting trying to live up to people’s expectation that I am Wonder Woman. I …
So much more than Christmas
Is anyone else having a hard time believing the New Year is only a few days away? 2019 has been a year of adventure and pain. Questions and joy. There’s somthing about ending on Christmas that helps settle my heart and prepare for what’s to come in the next year…and decade since we will soon turn the calendar to 2020. …
You Do You…Part 1
Do you ever get a recurring message that indicates a new theme in your life?
It’s like God is walking you into a place where He wants to show you part of who you are that you just haven’t been able to grasp. So in His grace, He has it collide from all sides until you have to throw your hands up and say, “okay, God, I’m listening. Help me understand.”
The one He seems to be asking me to embrace right now is this: You Do You.