Something super strange has happened. While I’ve been silent here for almost a year, the Lord has been birthing something brand new and absolutely [...]

Originally posted April 12, 2016 This weekend, as our pastor used the very first failure in history to teach us about marriage, the story [...]

  From the archives, originally posted in Oct. 2016 I’m working on a workshop on worship for a retreat that’s coming up, and one [...]

The other morning I was reading Psalm 18:19 because it was related to an encouraging word that a friend had given me, but I [...]

A few days ago, while I was getting ready for work I started hearing a lot of negative things about myself in my mind. [...]

I am a nostalgic person. I love to reminisce about my favorite memories, usually from my time working at a summer camp in Canada. [...]

  I came across this post from August 2013, when my littlest little was about to start kindergarten. With the first day of school [...]

A few weeks ago, our worship pastor spoke at church and what she shared revolutionized the way I've been spending my mornings with Jesus. [...]

“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. As they go through the Valley of Baca [...]

I’m a feeler. I always have been. At times I have taken a lot of pride in my ability to emote and feel. I [...]

Trauma is no respecter of persons. What is traumatic for me, may be a walk in the park for you, and what you experience [...]

Last month, to celebrate my birthday, my husband and I went to Austin to hang out for a few days. We didn’t really do [...]

Hello there, stranger. It’s been awhile, huh? Well, for me it has. You probably have not been tapping your fingers waiting for a new [...]

Hello there, stranger. It’s been awhile, huh? Well, for me it has. You probably have not been tapping your fingers waiting for a new [...]

I was driving down the road a number of years ago when I got the news that my grandmother, my mom’s mom, had passed [...]

I’m pulling from my treasured archives again today. I found this post shortly after writing about my wound care experience, and I thought this [...]

  I started a new job a few weeks ago and the path that I take to get there every day takes me right between [...]

This past weekend I was browsing through the treasured blog posts that were randomly uncovered for me, looking for one to repost here, and [...]

I am so excited. Some of you know that I used to write under a different website, much like I do here, sharing stories [...]

Walking my dog through my neighborhood with worship in my ears is one of my favorite things to do. It’s probably the number one [...]

If you know me, you know that I am nothing if not vulnerable, transparent, and honest about what God has done and is doing [...]

I sat down at my piano this morning, my spirit feeling cluttered and in need of purging. I felt inadequate before my fingers even [...]

Welcome back! I wanted to take a few steps back from my last post and actually introduce myself a little better. That first post [...]

It’s my fortieth birthday today. I’ve been looking forward to leaving the 30’s behind me for a long time now. Most people feel that [...]