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Encouragement for every season of lifeWhen You Send the Wrong Message
It was a classic case of good intentions gone bad. I was 16, and it was my second year cheerleading. Our coach that year was new, and she had grand visions of a revitalizing a somewhat-neglected, not-always-considered-a-sport activity like cheerleading. With that in...
The Ugly Side of Parenting
We like to talk about the fun parts of parenting – the wonder of a baby’s tiny toes, the cute things our kids say or expressions they make, and how they snuggle up to us. But sometimes, if I’m honest, parenting can be ugly. I feel intensely vulnerable in acknowledging...
Edify, Uplift, and ENRICH!
Passion. Purpose. Placement. When we believe God has called us to a specific area in life, all we need to do is be faithful and obedient. When we proclaim faith and belief in God's calling in our life and his hand over our situations, it is a contradiction to hold...
Our Story of Autism
By the time my youngest son was three months old, I knew something was different. He didn't sleep like my first two children slept. He didn't respond to me like my first two children did. He stiffened his body when I held him. (I held him anyway.) He didn't look at me...
The Power of Touch
When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”...
God-Sized Dreams
Apparently I dream small. I didn’t really realize this until the “bucket list” movement really took off following the movie with the same title. While I’ve never seen the movie, the buzz it garnered was hard to ignore. One day, I spent an afternoon thinking about the...
Is forty the new thirty?
It seems like everywhere we look, thirty is the magic number. Thirty days to a new you, Whole30, thirty easy make-ahead crockpot meals, thirty-minute meals, you get the idea. For the last year or so, forty has been a much more important number for me, though, and it...
Hungry for Sacred
Two years ago, I entered into the most sacred three months of my entire life. My beautiful mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer at 62 and was given weeks, to perhaps a month or two, to live. She was gently told by doctors that there was nothing they could do. Upon...
Times of Refreshing
God promises us that He will grant us times of refreshing as His daughters. Maybe these times will actually involve spa treatments or hot bubble baths, or some other kind of physical relaxation. I’m not sure what relaxation looks like for you from day to day, but...
Rooted and Grounded
Have you ever heard the phrase, “Home is where the heart is”? Have you ever watched the movie? It’s a real tear-jerker, as Natalie Portman plays Novalee Nation, a pregnant teenager stranded in WalMart with only $5.55 in her pocket. I am in the middle of the book right...
