Helping you connect your faith with your real life
Sometimes the track can lock us in place, tying us to a direction we never quite expected but somehow feels comfortable. I feel the pull ahead of me. It draws me, half participant, half prisoner, in the direction I know is coming. I’ve been on this track for some time now and I feel simultaneously
There are headaches and there are heartaches. We are fine with grabbing two white pills for our head, but what do we do when our heart hurts? What do we do when the floor drops out and we feel alone? There was a ride at the fair that I used to love. It was a
Do you ever have days that feel like a complete failure? You’re not the only one. You Know the Days There are days when I feel like I’ve been doing (almost) everything right and then I look at the result and things just don’t measure up. Like when you’ve been eating well, tracking your food,
I stared at her knowing the words before she even spoke them. She was talking about me and how people perceive me. Thinking the words would hurt less, I spoke them before she could. “Everyone thinks I have it all together.” She nodded quickly, too quickly, and the silence felt like a dense fog between us.
I stood there completely naked, reached back, and pulled the ponytail holder out of my hair. Nothing was going to impact this. I thought about taking off my wedding ring, but finally decided I was being ridiculous. Then I stepped on the scale. The digital display was working, thinking, processing the weight of me on
I glanced at the calendar hanging on the wall and I wanted to go back to bed and pull the covers over my head. The day and the week and the month were full of everyone’s things. Sports, meetings, school events, dinners, holidays…all good things. But if they’re so good then why do they make
I was brushing my teeth after a day. You know the one. Nothing goes as planned. You look around at the end and see dishes piled in the sink and you feel like you accomplished nothing. I started thinking about all the things I hadn’t done. The list seemed like an endless scroll, but then
Most days it seems like the world is screaming at me. Phones ding, inboxes fill up, work and family demands pile higher and higher. Everything feels so loud. And all I want to do is sit in the quiet I can’t seem to find. Does your life feel loud? Here are 5 simple ways to
I’ve always thought that the place I am has more to do with who I’m with and why I’m there than the actual location. Everyplace that has mattered in my life has been about the who and why. Here are some of my favorite places: My Bed Seriously, I love being in my bed. Sleep
I have some bad news for you friend. I hate to start this way, but I think it’s time someone told you. We’re never going to be done. Not on this side of heaven anyway. The lists will never end. The responsibilities will still be here. Chaos will swirl seemingly endless. But there is something you
