Jesus is my Savior, and I hope my faith journey encourages you as I strive to follow Him and live by His Word.
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Achieving Balance?
I get asked all the time how to balance "everything," and I usually say, "Don't try. Decide what you can give up for this season."I recently read Jen Hatmaker's newest book and feel I must share a couple excerpts for all the people who want to know how I do...
The Art of Purging
For about the past week and a half, we have been decluttering and purging to the extreme. I so badly want to reflect on how good this has been for my soul, how the process can be simultaneously liberating and joyful although overwhelming and painful, too....
Beautiful Woman
Just when you think I may never blog again, I post something almost completely unrelated to anything else on my blog. I have high aspirations to blog more frequently, and we have adventures on the horizon that will provide some once-in-a-lifetime writing material....
7 Foods
I and about 27 friends decided to launch our own "experimental mutiny against excess," doing each of Jen Hatmaker's 7 fasts for 7 days (instead of a month as she did). Each week I'll post my thoughts from the previous week, Jen-style, not because I'm trying...
Why I Can't Say "Retail Therapy"
If I were a real and devoted blogger, I could probably expect some backlash from this post. As I am just a sometimes blogger with a small following of people, 90% of whom won't read this, I'm not too concerned about that. I also think that even if I had a...
Pondering Paul
I just wrapped up a study a friend and I have been doing for the past few months on the Apostle Paul. I have long found him a fascinating and admirable biblical character, but I feel he has come to life for me in some new ways. This well-educated, intelligent,...
10 Things You May Not Know About Me
Many of my Facebook friends recently listed several random, interesting, or relatively unknown facts about themselves, and anyone who liked their posts was then given a number of items to list in his or her own status. I have enjoyed reading these posts, and...
Why We Cre8
I never thought answering the conversational question, "So, where do you go to church?" would be so awkward. It used to be that I would name my church, reciprocate the question, and immediately the other person and I would form our snap judgments about each...
Pictures and Words
I love photographs as much as I love words. The two complement each other so well, and yet they can also stand alone and sometimes should remain independent. I certainly agree that a picture can be worth a thousand words, although I would add that likewise...
The World Revolves Around What?
Have you ever thought about the terminology we use for the sun? As a homeschool mom, I am asked to explain every word that comes out of my mouth, and that can get pretty interesting when little ones first start to understand how the solar system works.Why...
God in the Storm
Yesterday as I hugged and kissed my kids, I couldn't help thinking about the moms in Oklahoma whose arms are empty, whose hearts are breaking. As I tucked my kids in bed, I thought of the mom who buried her 9-year-old daughter in the ground yesterday.There's...
"Together in Christ"
I don't write much poetry these days. In fact, I can't remember the last time I made up more than a couple of silly lines for my children (and those weren't written down) before April of 2013. Amazingly (to me, anyway), I was inspired to write two poems in...
Breaking the Chains: Insecurity
My 3-year-old is playing a game on my iPad, and his brothers have come to watch. "I'm good at this game!" he announces confidently. With barely a pause between, the next words out of his mouth are a question: "Am I good at this game?"Lately he likes to assert...
Simple Prayer of Wonder & Gratitude
Reconciliation would have been more than enough.We who were far away have been brought near. The door that was closed has been opened. You who could not tolerate us can now bring us in because we've been washed clean of our sin. That would have been more than...
Breaking the Chains: Disappointment
Today is my birthday, and I have decided to live as if no one is disappointed in me -- not God, not my parents, not my husband, not my children, not my friends, not my extended family or in-laws, not my businesses associates. After 36 years, I am finally realizing...