Ever wonder if it matters whether you share your faith or not? Maybe you don’t see many actual results? Feeling discouraged. Watch this and be inspired…and challenged. Please let me faith be viral, Lord. All for your glory!
Finding the Beauty in the Moment
Life is more than a little hectic right now. And yes, I love it that way…most of the time. I’m much more efficient when I’m running six directions, but it’s not always best for finding those moments to pause. Sunday, our pastor talked about PLANs. Most of us have one. I live on them. But I’ll confess it’s very easy …
Rest? Honest Observations
Rest. This photo taken by my talened friend Michelle Lyzenga invites me to a place of rest. I long to grab my Bible, journal, and a mug of hazelnut coffee and settle in for some time with God interspersed with watching birds and other wildlife. There are certain places I go for rest. Often it’s a place of escape. Our …
Word of the Year: Restoration
In the past, I’ve asked God for a word for the year. One year it was believe. This was the year of my first miscarriage. Things were moving forward in writing with contracts. But I couldn’t reconcile my faith with what had happened and was scared to ask for more in any area of my life. Another year it was …
Mourning turned into Dancing
Six years ago, I experienced my first miscarriage. Sometime about now that baby would have been born. If you know anything about my story, you know that was a deep valley in my soul. I still cry when I think of that time and that loss. My arms still feel empty at times. And I’ll catch myself looking at our …
Doing the Work of Weeding
Our yard suffered with us spending last summer in Germany. Neighbors did an AMAZING job keeping the front yard alive during a drought, but the backyard became infested with weeds. Weeds like I’ve never seen. That means this summer, I’ve spent pockets of time outside yanking weeds out by as much root as I can. Monday night we had a …
What do we do when life changes…unexpectedly?
Thursday I started orientation at Purdue for the Weekend MBA program. Talk about a curveball or plot twist that I didn’t anticipate even five weeks ago. It’s a change that I started looking into toward the end of June, and by July 5th it was beginning to look like it might happen, but it wasn’t until we got back from …
Transformationally Loving God
Some big changes are coming in my life. Good changes. God changes. But with change, there’s always a sense of seeking God. What does He have for me in this new season? How does He want to use me? How does He want me to grow and mature? One thing that is crystallizing in my heart and soul is that …
Faith in the Journey…
Ever have a time in life where you feel like you’re on the verge of two paths diverging. One is the comfortable life you’re in. One where you know God can use you. I wouldn’t call it safe, but it’s not necessarily laced with overwhelming challenges? Then there’s a second path. One that weaves into the unknown. Though that isn’t …
What do you love about Jesus?
This week I’ve been thinking about what draws me into relationship with Jesus. Being me, I posed that question to my Facebook friends. The responses were challenging, inspiring, and all point to qualities of Christ. So I want to ask you the same thing as we head into the weekend. What do you love about Jesus? Here’s mine: I love that …