If you’ve been around me long, you know I believe God created us for a reason. Usually a reason that is much bigger than we can imagine or dare to explore. I’ve talked about doing an online bookclub for a couple books that piqued my interest. Someone asked me if I was going to actually kick it off. After thinking …
Where’s God Pushing You?
This weekend has been a wonderful writing one. Through God’s grace I wrote 10,000 words — and I think I’ll get to keep most of them. Scenes for the novella that’s due October 18th are rolling through my fingertips. I am so grateful. You see, my plate is overloaded. There I said it. Willingly. Yet I know I’m where God …
Does Living My Faith Matter?
Ever wonder if it matters whether you share your faith or not? Maybe you don’t see many actual results? Feeling discouraged. Watch this and be inspired…and challenged. Please let me faith be viral, Lord. All for your glory!
Finding the Beauty in the Moment
Life is more than a little hectic right now. And yes, I love it that way…most of the time. I’m much more efficient when I’m running six directions, but it’s not always best for finding those moments to pause. Sunday, our pastor talked about PLANs. Most of us have one. I live on them. But I’ll confess it’s very easy …
Rest? Honest Observations
Rest. This photo taken by my talened friend Michelle Lyzenga invites me to a place of rest. I long to grab my Bible, journal, and a mug of hazelnut coffee and settle in for some time with God interspersed with watching birds and other wildlife. There are certain places I go for rest. Often it’s a place of escape. Our …
Word of the Year: Restoration
In the past, I’ve asked God for a word for the year. One year it was believe. This was the year of my first miscarriage. Things were moving forward in writing with contracts. But I couldn’t reconcile my faith with what had happened and was scared to ask for more in any area of my life. Another year it was …
Mourning turned into Dancing
Six years ago, I experienced my first miscarriage. Sometime about now that baby would have been born. If you know anything about my story, you know that was a deep valley in my soul. I still cry when I think of that time and that loss. My arms still feel empty at times. And I’ll catch myself looking at our …
Doing the Work of Weeding
Our yard suffered with us spending last summer in Germany. Neighbors did an AMAZING job keeping the front yard alive during a drought, but the backyard became infested with weeds. Weeds like I’ve never seen. That means this summer, I’ve spent pockets of time outside yanking weeds out by as much root as I can. Monday night we had a …
What do we do when life changes…unexpectedly?
Thursday I started orientation at Purdue for the Weekend MBA program. Talk about a curveball or plot twist that I didn’t anticipate even five weeks ago. It’s a change that I started looking into toward the end of June, and by July 5th it was beginning to look like it might happen, but it wasn’t until we got back from …
Transformationally Loving God
Some big changes are coming in my life. Good changes. God changes. But with change, there’s always a sense of seeking God. What does He have for me in this new season? How does He want to use me? How does He want me to grow and mature? One thing that is crystallizing in my heart and soul is that …