God is present all around us. We know that in our heads, but sometimes it’s hard to feel God’s presence in the middle of real life. Sometimes life can feel like the directions on the back of a shampoo bottle. Instead of lather, rinse, repeat we end up in a cycle of survive, crash, repeat. We go from
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Do You Long to Spend Time with God but Don’t Know How to Really Make it Happen?
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
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Can a New Bible Help My Faith?
I had seen the ads on Instagram and Facebook. Amazing authors I respect touting how fantastic this new bible is. It has artwork and room for notes and even devotions built right in. Plus, there are beautiful covers to choose from. Yet, I was torn. A question kept circling my mind. On one hand I wanted this Bible.
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3 Ways to Make Church Great
I’ve struggled with church over the years. I’ve written about it here. But as I keep pressing in to Jesus in all my mixed up feelings I made a choice to press in to the church too. Why? Because Jesus loves the church. Yes, we can get into discussions about the Church vs. the church.
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Deciding What to Keep
Taking a good look at our hearts and laying out everything inside is the excavation work in this spring cleaning series. It’s the digging, the revealing, the heavy lifting. And now we’re asking a question: What do I do with all that’s left? Going through my closet looks so easy as I peruse Pinterest. My feed is flooded with ideas
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How Losing Church Brought Me Closer to God
In the days of youth group and young adulthood, church was a place full of life and experiences. I went there to encounter God, and most of the time I did. It felt good and normal and expected, until it didn’t. Fast forward a few years and I found myself home with two toddlers, a growing belly