“Be Kind & Have Courage” is a recent motto that has gotten quite popular due to a certain wonderful disney princess. How exciting to watch this big production make such a stand-out statement! But, I think, that unless we dig deeper, kindness is just a word we throw around. The mother says to her child, […]

Ladies, It has been so heavy on my heart to talk about settling in relationships and how good GODLY men still do exist out there in the world overpowering with a bunch of bozos. I just am going to post a few things on my heart and that I have taken into serious consideration when […]

I said it out loud, just this week. “I just want to get this show on the road already.” Hurry the process – yes, that’s what I said I wanted to do. But what my heart really knew, down deep…was that I just wanted to be out of the in between. It’s in between places […]

It was an ordinary summer afternoon, and I was fourteen years old. I don’t remember anything special or significant about the day. I don’t remember ​what the weather was like​ or what I was wearing. I don’t remember what my favorite song was​,​ or which boy I thought was cute at the time. But I do remember about […]

That was the phrase I read on top of the paper, as it was handed to me by my connect group leader. I still remember it to this day. The first time I connected with people in this new church. And I was handed this as my first lesson. You know when you read something […]

Obeying God is sometimes like a free fall. Holla if you feel me. That’s what I’ve been feeling lately.  I feel like the “fall” has been a little longer than I anticipated– I thought it would be over by now. The more that I feel that way, the more I dig into scripture to make […]

It was a beautiful day for a drive. You know, the kind of day where the windows are down, the breeze is rolling in, and sunshine is gracing down from heaven. I left the house in a hurry that day, running a little behind schedule. But now that I was in the car, I exhaled, […]

Love is patient.   I’ve heard this a million and one times in my lifetime, good ol’ 1 Corinthians 13. I remember being 8 years old, sitting in my childhood home in Mississippi, coming up with a melody to help memorize the verse so that I could recite it at school the next day. I […]

Listening to the birds chirp, astounded by flowers blossoming all around, I revel in its beauty. And I almost forget. I almost forget how last week I stood, looking out the window across a row of maple trees, scanning it for any signs of spring. I looked away, dejected, asking how could this be? It’s […]

When I first thought about writing about patience, I didn’t understand how it was too different from last month’s theme, peace. But it is. Vastly different and yet, just like the rest of the fruits of the spirit, so intimately connected, it is difficult to cultivate one in your life without running into the other […]

The moment came so unexpectedly. I was driving home from bible study, refreshed by God’s word, feeling energized to see God in new ways this season, to live simpler, and pursue peace. It was nighttime, and I was exiting around the curve of the road that means I’m almost home, taillights and stop lights blinking […]

She could never be a leader. She is so scatter-brained. She isn’t smart enough. Her past sins are too great. God could never use her. If I were talking about someone else, that would be pretty hateful and judgmental of me, huh? But these are things I think to myself pretty frequently, and for some […]

He led me back onto the familiar trail that I had walked through so many seasons of my life. This particular lake I’ve circled in so many life stages, and have met God on this one rock, watching some swans come by with unexpected grace. And now, as God has been drawing me into peace, […]