Posted May 24, 2023
When it comes to parenting, there is a time for teaching and a time for letting go. I’ll never forget learning this lesson when my cautious first-born son had finally grown into his first bicycle, yet hadn’t quite mastered his launch.
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Posted April 25, 2023
Comparison is a bully. Like fear and doubt, it creeps in undetected. It kills creativity. It minimizes Gods calling on our lives. It causes us either to withdraw or to overthink and obsess. It quenches God’s Spirit. It causes us to doubt our gifts. It says we’re not enough. The
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Posted April 11, 2023
God is in the details.
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Posted March 1, 2023
Be still and know that I am God.
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Posted February 7, 2023
I have a word in wooden block letters on my dining room wall. It speaks to my heart in many different ways, but it always speaks loudly of God’s great and beautiful love for me. The word is “Grace”. Allow me to go back to the beginning of each life.
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Posted January 3, 2023
Have you ever felt defeat to the point it seemed pointless to try again? I remember the ups and downs of my ambitions, endless roller-coaster rides, and the trying and failing of embarking on a new journey. Eventually, I’d throw my hands in the air, “What’s the point? I’m not
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Posted June 21, 2022
I stopped by the river yesterday in the chill of early morning and found a dry bench under a tree by the brisk rapids. The current rushed by me with such speed and power always in forward motion. Spring is a season of growth, power, and change. I ponder whether
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Posted June 13, 2022
5 reasons to set your hope on grace
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Posted May 31, 2022
The news blasts daily about high gas prices. When our gas runs low, we have no choice but to pay whatever the price and fill the tank. More recently, the heartache of two mass shootings has put gas prices in the rearview and reminds us of the evil and brokenness
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Posted May 24, 2022
Clouds sweep softly across the brilliant blue sky as if they were brush-stroked that morning. The sun shines high in the sky, giving the fresh new green grass a golden glow as the branches on the trees seem to stretch toward the rays and the buds swell ready to burst
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