In celebration of a decade spent writing Let Every Heart, I’m sharing my very favorite books of all the books I’ve read in the past decade. This blog began in January of 2015. In the past ten years, I’ve blogged about: books, following Jesus, missions, adult friendship, marriage, discipleship, raising children, education, music, spiritual growth, […]
The Music that Shaped my Faith
The music a child hears early in life is vitally important to that child’s spiritual development and sense of truth. We cannot take lightly the words we put in a child’s heart and mind. Music stays in our memories and becomes the soundtrack of our lives. I’ve been thinking a great deal about the music […]
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 […]
Courtney’s Playlist “Open and Obedient 2023”
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 […]
