Last week, I shared my words for the year, “Open and Obedient.” I’ve really been focusing on following Jesus with my choices, taking risks when God provides an opportunity, and knowing when to step back from an opportunity. Likewise, I’ve had many moments of disappointment and waiting to assist in the sanctification process this year. […]
Open and Obedient 2023
An important note: I wrote this post over the course of two days. On the day I began writing the post, we were in the process of becoming licensed for foster care but our paperwork had become lost in the mail when it was sent to the wrong county by accident and had to be […]
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Jesus to the Trick-or-Treaters
Halloween is likely the one night a year that strangers visit our homes expecting kindness. How do we embrace the opportunity? First, let us conquer the elephant about the subject. I’ll share my own experience first, friends. My mom is a woman full of joy. My childhood was one that focused on the […]
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Wherever Christmas Carols are Sung
Seven minivans roll through the streets of our town and I can’t help but think to myself that something bigger is happening in this moment. This is something more meaningful than my love of Christmas music. This is bigger than my affinity for seasonal nostalgia, as real as that may be. What I believe, deep […]
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A Letter to Those Who Teach: Your Classroom is a Mission Field
In my earliest days as a classroom teacher, I adopted some retro Point Of Grace lyrics as my daily mantra. I was driven by the words and the catchy little tune from my childhood as I focused on the second graders that I’d been entrusted with. I kid you not. I would facilitate learning experiences […]
