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Encouragement for every season of lifeLike a Scene from a Sci-Fi Thriller
It is like a scene from a box office thriller. He is running, fast and furious. His heart is racing. His breathing is so labored from exhaustion that it has a voice of its own: “I can’t do this. I can’t do this. I can’t do this.” As his steps grow closer together, and...
Coparenting with God
I felt cheated. When your husband leaves a week before your baby turns one, you don’t get to enjoy first birthday parties, first steps, or first words. I was cheated out of all of it. As life continued, I felt more cheated. Every time a married friend told me she was...
Guard Your Heart
I love being open. I love to have a genuine, deep bond with people, and for them to feel they are able to have the same with me. Life and healthy relationships don’t always work like that. Plus, we all know that relationships with women can be tricky! It’s okay to...
Obedience
It seems like everywhere I turn these days, I hear about this word: obedience. This somewhat unpopular word in my freedom-loving United States of America often becomes a hard word to follow. We can look to other societies in the Bible that also struggled with...
My Day as a Diva
Laughter is my manna – especially when it floats down in unexpected moments and especially in the dark places of life. Last fall, I had a speaking engagement up north. I love traveling to speak and share my family’s story, but I hate going alone. Often, flying solo is...
Regaining Your Life: Healing and Thriving {Domestic Abuse Series}
Perhaps I know you. Maybe you sit next to me in church or your cubicle is down the hall from me at work. Perhaps you’re my neighbor, my boss, or my best friend. Or maybe, just maybe, you’re the sister that I’ve not had the wonderful privilege to meet quite yet – but...
Fight Like a Girl
I spilled countless tears as a young girl about one fact: that I was girl. To my tomboy self, it felt like boys had all the advantages - both physically and socially. They weren't taught to downplay their independence, smarts, or directness. They weren't told to...
The Best Gift
Sitting at the fancy fundraising dinner, I chaffed secretly in my finery for the hundredth time before sighing internally and turning to the woman in gold sequins seated next to me in an effort to make small talk. We both awkwardly cast about for some common ground...
Winning
Just like everyone else, I want to be a winner in life. I’m sure you do too. “Winning” may cause you to think of the perception of you, the character of who you really are, and giving the best effort to do the best of which you are capable. One definition of...
Bring in the New Year, Write
God can read. I know that might sound odd, but I distinctly remember a moment journaling early in my marriage when it occurred to me that God can read. I was feeling a certain way so strongly that I couldn’t talk about it out loud yet, so I went to “vent” to God...
