It’s all so new and different. My office is no longer in a cozy cube across from my coworker, now it’s in my bedroom’s cozy nook. My comfy mama space has been replaced with a chair and small desk. I can’t just call out to my coworkers, instead I have to literally call them…like on a phone, or ZOOM. It…
If God’s promises for us are, “Yes and Amen,” then why so often do they actually feel like his promises are really, “No and never”? If you open up God’s word and spend some time getting oriented with it you’ll see hundreds of promises God has made to His people. God is not one that He should lie and He…
I love the book of James. I love his character and how straight forward he is! I think we’d be friends, honestly. In his book you find this gem in chapter 1:1-4: “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance…
If you’re anything like me, life balance is a hard thing to find even on the most “normal” of days. Throw in a pandemic that isolates you, and your family, from friends, your support system, a faith community, and recreation; and balance becomes an obsolete ideal of days gone by. In today’s blog post, I’ve been asked to share with…
Times of stress and tension in marriage are common. Unfortunately, dealing with them in a healthy way is less common. Sometimes the tension is overwhelming. Sometimes we’re just too tired to deal with it and we hope it will magically disappear. Sometimes it is the same old problem rearing its ugly head over and over again and we feel defeated…
The Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season is one of the most demanding, depleting and delightful seasons of them all. Year after year, we find ourselves spending money we shouldn’t be spending, committing to parties we don’t have time to be at and baking baked goods that turn out to be “baked bads.” As women, the pressure of the season can sometimes feel…
The past year has been challenging for me as a wife. I quit my job and moved from Texas to Nevada with my family—all while in my third trimester of pregnancy. I gave birth to my second daughter and became a stay-at-home mother while my husband transitioned into a position at work that required more responsibilities and weekly travel. It…
“Shame is the inner experience of being “not wanted.” It is feeling worthless, rejected, cast-out. Guilt is believing that one has done something bad; shame is believing that one is bad. Shame is believing that one is not loved because one is not lovable.” Dr. Robert D. Caldwell WHOA. This quote given by a Dr. Robert D. Caldwell stung like…
There’s a big difference between something that is imprisoned and something that is dead. I came to realize the distinctions in a personal time of worship and prayer. I was basking in the lyrics of a powerful Spotify playlist. I had all the big hitters lined up – Hillsong United, All Sons and Daughters, Kari, Jen and Brian Johnson… and…