Thanks for the Trials

by | Jun 7, 2018 | Relationships

“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 finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything,” James 1:2-4...

A Shelf for my Hairbrush

by | Dec 26, 2017 | Life Issues

I’ve been a mother now for seven years. Which means I have learned a thing or two. Of course I have many years ahead and many more lessons. But in these first seven years, the lesson that I have learned over and over and over and over and over again is that...

Seeking through Questioning

by | Sep 22, 2016 | Faith

How I would describe my thought life for the past four months is fuzzy with an extra dose of questions. It seems like my brain has been overwrought with how’s and why’s and what’s and everything in between that could end with a question mark. In the middle of all this...

Life Can be Hard and Good

by | Feb 18, 2016 | Life Issues

I dismissed the crying when I first heard it. I had just finished laying Ashlyn down for the night, and figured I’d give our 9-month-old a moment to calm down before intervening. But after a minute, I realized that it wasn’t her after all. Leaving the...

Whatever it Takes

by | Mar 14, 2012 | Faith

During my devotion time one day I was reading Acts 23 and all of a sudden I found myself laughing out loud.  There is nothing comical about Acts 23.  The story really starts in Acts 21 when the apostle Paul decides to go Jerusalem.  Long story short, Paul had been...