Grateful - for Zoom!
Today I’m grateful for studying the Scripture in (online) community! I’ve been leading women through various short term Bible studies in...
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- Oct 6, 2020
Sometimes the surrender is the journey.
I’ve been stocking our freezer. It’s one of the little rituals I find myself doing when life gets uncertain- I freezer stockpiled before...
- Jul 29, 2020
23 Billion Miles
Today is my 40th birthday. Cue the, “No way! You only look 29!” comments! Just kidding. Mostly. 🤣 But really, I’ve officially made this...
- Jul 16, 2020
One Mind.
Last night I got more direct with my Bible study than I often do. Sometimes as a teacher, it’s hard to speak on things that we know are...
- Jul 6, 2020
‘Twil Soon Be Past
I got my black dress out of the closet this morning. We have a gathering today, a time to mark the homegoing of a beloved man in our...
- Jun 22, 2020
Choose to rejoice. On a Monday in 2020.
It’s Monday. We are still in 2020. The news is full of coronavirus spikes and protests and politics and madness. Pause with me for a...
- Jun 9, 2020
Sincere and Blameless
“In Ancient Rome fine pottery was relatively thin and fragile and often developed cracks while being fired. Unscrupulous shops would fill...
- Jun 8, 2020
Like Grass
There is beauty everywhere this time of year. I find myself wanting to capture it, to savor it because this fresh bloom of early summer...
- May 31, 2020
May We Look Like You Live Here
Doing some weeding this morning and thinking about sanctification. We bought our house seven years ago. It required eyes of faith. The...
- Apr 25, 2020
An honest conversation about virtual church
Let's have an honest conversation about virtual church, shall we? Because I'm sure I'm not alone in the feeling of let-down and...
- Apr 3, 2020
Focusing hearts on Jesus with a family Passover meal
So here we are, quarantined during this week leading up to Easter. I hate missing observing Good Friday and celebrating Resurrection...
- Mar 24, 2020
Tell them the truer truth: passing on a sturdy faith
I remember the feeling of being huddled in our basement during a tornado warning when my big kids were preschoolers. My husband was at...
- Dec 1, 2019
Adorning the Gospel
We pulled out the Christmas tree today- it’s time for the annual work of decking the halls. If I’m honest, it feels like a hassle...
- Nov 8, 2019
Kingdom Amnesia
In Matthew 20, we find an ironic juxtaposition of Jesus' call and our ever-present desire for our own greatness. And as Jesus was going...
- Nov 6, 2019
He Weeps with Us
This week in my reading through the Bible, I arrived at John 11 - the story of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha. This has become a treasured...
- Jul 6, 2019
Joy and Lament
Today our church family was challenged with the role of lament in our lives. We live in a Christian culture that doesn’t want to sit in...
- Apr 16, 2019
Don't settle for what is being sold to you
Thoughts from my car as I run errands. (Don’t worry. I’m parked.) Ladies, there’s been something on my mind for a long long time that has...
- Nov 20, 2018
Gritty Gratitude
I’ve been listening to Eric Metaxas’ great book Seven Women and the Secret of Their Greatness. Last night as I listened to the chapter...
- Aug 26, 2018
Not alone
Sometimes it’s easy to feel unseen. Powerless. Unimportant. Unable to act because of broken, evil systems. This morning I was reading...
- Dec 11, 2017
Christmas on the hard years
Do you ever feel like Christmas has a tinge of sadness at the edges? Like you’re supposed to be merry, but this out of place melancholy...
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