Faithful Friend

Friendship. Close fellowship. Someone who “has your back.” We all long for at least one good friend who is going to be like this in our lives. Someone who knows us. Someone that we know will say what they mean and mean what they say in how they love and support us....

Rejected Invite

How did that go so wrong? I thought to myself as I lay in bed, recalling a conversation that had left me discouraged. Has that ever happened to you? Words that were meant for good get twisted in the hearer’s mind and you’re left feeling defeated? My friends were going...

Generational Friends

Seven months ago, my husband and I packed all our belongings into the back of a Penske truck and moved south to follow a calling God had given us. We left behind all our friends, family (well, we did take our two boys!), and everything we knew as we started on this...

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...

#foreverfriends

Twenty-plus years ago we sat with our friends at McDonald’s as our kids climbed around in the PlayPlace. Even today I remember exactly where we were sitting when our friends announced they were moving to Arizona. Who could blame them really? Arizona is warm all...