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. […]
Dear Fifteen: A Letter to Teen Girls on International Women’s Day
Lean in, sweet girl in the trenches of the teen years. This is for you. You: the one beginning to relate to your mom as a friend, the one beginning to wear makeup, the one navigating womanhood, the one striving to discern between friendships and extracurricular activities. I know. It feels so complicated. I was […]
When We Need the Tried and True Encouragement for the Narrow Road We’re Traveling
There is such a tension. The struggle is real here. Sweet friend, it is imperative that we learn to love like Jesus if we call ourselves His follower. Follow is the operative word. We must follow the perfect example the best that we can in spite of our imperfect nature. How do we love […]
Brave and Free
You know her. She is strong and resilient. She loves so big and fully, with her eyes on the finish line of eternity. She speaks up about her struggle first so that others won’t be afraid to speak up about their own. She doesn’t hold back. She gives every bit of her heart to the […]
Only Brave For Jesus
Out of the mouths of babes comes truth. My then four-year-old, a child with a heart of gold had said, “Mommy, you have to obey God. I don’t want you to be swallowed up by a big fish like Jonah.” Yeah….me neither, Bud. Sheesh. Children keep it real, don’t they?! I am not brave. […]