Helping you connect your faith with your real life
I’ve never really understood sports. I get the concept of the games, but cheering for one side baffles me. Is that weird? I always seem to find myself wondering if I’m on the right side. My son plays basketball. It’s a rec team and every Saturday he faces off against a friend or two on
I’ve spent a lot of my life apologizing. And I’m not talking about the true “I’m sorry” when I’ve done something wrong. I have apologized for things I was never meant to apologize for, things that are not wrong. And I it’s time I stop. Here are 5 things I’m done (or I want to
Control is not an easy topic for me. It falls into place with things like burned cookies, too tight jeans, and deep things like worry and insecurity. Control is hard for me because it’s something I struggle with. Something I see in myself but I don’t like about myself. On the outside control seems like
I’ve never been great at friendships. Even as a little girl I was trying so hard to prove my never-quite-enough-self worthy of being liked that I was simply too much. Being too much and never enough is a hard place to live. As an adult I’ve spent lots of time pondering friendship. I have my inner circle
Have you ever taken one of those online or magazine surveys? The ones where you circle or click where you fall on a scale of 0-10 to learn about who you are? I looked at the list of survey questions in front of me. It was a survey about life, something rather generic. But I
I always wanted to be on the worship team. I wanted to stand up there with a keyboard or a guitar and lead people into the presence of God. Actually, that sounds a lot holier than it really is. Here’s the truth. I wanted the part. If church were a movie, I wanted to play
I’m fairly open in this space, sharing my heart and feelings even when they’re not pretty. There are still a few things I hold close and don’t talk about often. Not because of fear or hiding, but for reasons like processing and protecting and privacy. Today, I am going to share something that is deeply
Have you ever thought you should spend more time with God, but don’t know how to really make it happen? Lately, I have felt a disconnect and longed (desperately) for a way to shake it. I wanted to want to spend time with God. I wanted to enjoy my time with God. I didn’t want it to be a
Everything was perfect. The band was playing. The lights were dim and filled with people worshiping. My kids were behaving. I was singing the words. It was the perfect setup to worship God. Except I couldn’t. It didn’t matter that I was in the perfect environment. Everything I did seemed to fall flat. I couldn’t
It’s no secret that I have an affinity for books. (I share some of my favorites here.) But sometimes there is a book that deserves more than a listing and summary. Today I have just that book! I love picture books. There’s something magical about the ability to weave words and images together so concisely
