What I am about to share with you is a piece of my story. This is not intended to begin a debate. This is me, simply inviting you into a moment in my life. January of this year my husband and I were staying in a hotel and enjoying the hot tub. We were in deep...
Everything that has happened in your past has brought you to where you are today; EVERYTHING. Whether those experiences were sad or happy, traumatic or uplifting, forgettable or memorable, they have all led you to right here and now. When I was a little girl, my...
There are some topics that I feel like I just can’t sit down and put a pen to the words because they are still too raw. Yet, even in my rawness, this is a topic that I cannot stay quiet about. We hear about it in the local news, online, in the Church, and recently...
Sunday in church, our worship team played an amazing set of songs that ended with "Another in the fire" by Hillsong United. I have been thinking about the words to that song all night. It reminded me of something that I wrote a while back that seems so relevant to me...
In July 1996, I moved into my first apartment at 20 years old. I was an Assistant Manager at Kay Jewelers and ready to take the world by storm. One morning about 6:30 am, my phone rang. On the other end was my District Manager, Jimmy. He asked if I could meet him at...
While watching the news this week, did you experience the feeling that your insides were churning at the reality of all that was happening? We turn on the TV and as if they are saying, “Tomorrow will be a high of 93”, we hear, “A shooting has occurred in Gilroy,...
“But we prayed to our God and because of them, we set up a guard against them day and night…then I stationed men in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the exposed places…” (Nehemiah 4:9,13) One of my favorite people in...
“You will seek Me and find Me when you search for me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord…” Jeremiah 29:13-14a Think of a time when you were around someone who intimidates you? Can you think of a time you were around someone that you were...
Whenever our family takes a road trip we have a tradition of having a goodie bag in the car full of surprises. With three children, the echo of "Are we there yet?" never ceases. To add a little fun to the car trip, approximately every couple of hours we play a...