Sometimes I'm a feet dragger. When things grow uncomfortable or seem to be too much, I hide in my skin and slither away. Because let's face it, life isn't always ice cream and syrup (or peaches and cream). Sometimes it's more like walnuts, and I strongly dislike those. This week a group of us have been [...]
To The Moms Who Have Heard Those Three Words
We love those winning moments. Those ones that make you smile wide and jump high. Those moments that seem to say, "You did it." and, "You got it right." But then there are those moments that make you frown deep and lay low. Those ones that seem to say, "You can't do it." and, "Wrong [...]
Dear friends entering their first year in full-time ministry,
As the university year comes to an end, many of you are preparing to walk across the stage you’ve stared at for four years. Some of you have already walked that stage and are now getting ready to jump in. If that is you, if you are walking or have already walked, hi. I couldn’t [...]
Kid, It’s Going To Be Okay
So often we are uncomfortable with slow. Slow somehow seems wrong. Wasteful. Pointless. Because who wants slow when you can have fast? The instants and quick fixes. The next day shipping and restaurants you can drive thru. My soul wishes for slow but my flesh aches for fast. It wants the answers now and not [...]
When all you want to do is go home, eat a pizza and watch Netflix
Let’s be real. We usually do not want to go there. There to those incredibly vulnerable places that expose our hearts and how insane we really are. Okay, maybe insane is a strong word, but you know those places in you that make you cringe. I woke up cringing. Cringing because the enemy is real [...]
To those of who don’t treat followers of Jesus as if they have the plague
How can I, on behalf of fellow believers (and pastors), thank you? How can I thank you for not pretending to be who you are around us? How can I thank you for not being afraid to share those moments with us. You know, those moments you call un-christian, but I call, still learning and living and figuring [...]
That Thing Called Grace
It doesn’t make sense. I mean, it’s not how we imagined it. We thought it would different. In fact, we didn’t even think we could receive it, let alone live it out or believe in it. It. That thing called grace. And yet here we are dwelling in the presence of Him. Him who knows, [...]
