Can I just tell y’all that God is amazing? Sometimes I am tempted to throw in the proverbial towel with this whole writing/teaching thing, especially when I start listening to the lies of the devil. And then God will show up in a sweet and powerful way {or two or three} and remind me that…
Category Archives: ministry
From clutter to clarity
I wrote about clutter and how to identify (and avoid) it. Oft lately, my mind and heart ponder a different type of clutter. The clutter of busyness. The clutter of doing. The clutter that accumulates when you are not weeding out the good to make room for God’s best. Isn’t it funny how we can…
33 Things I’ve Learned about Life
Today is my birthday {it is Elvis’ birthday too, in case you care}. I have had a wonderful day full of love, laughs and family. Feeling retrospective I decided to chronicle thirty three things I have learned about life {not in any particular order} Polka dots and hot pink make me smile. There are few…
InstaFriday and a Bible reading plan update
I got an iPhone 4s {insert geeky squeal here} right before Christmas! I am in love with this gadget, particularly the Pinterest app and Instagram. Imagine my delight in finding a bloggy link-up for sharing your photos from the week {cause I take a ridiculous amount of photos with my phone}. Here is my week…
When shadows are swirling
Back in the spring of 2006, God put a strong call on my life. I argued with Him (while crying, laughing and driving down a dangerous stretch of highway). I told Him He definitely had the wrong girl. But, God can be persistent (in case you didn’t know that). Fast forward four and a half…
Wants versus Needs
I want to get the packages in my van mailed to my family before Christmas. I need to spend time in the Word. I want to reflect on Advent every night with our boys. I need to communicate His story through the way I live my life. I want to make it to the practices…
You have to serve to see
This week was one of those that seemed as if it would never end. The to-do list was intimidating, the work exhausting and the weekend nonexistent. The only way I was able to get through this week of 24-7 ministry was the strength of God. {and I will take a day off this week if…
Tough Love
There once was a girl that wanted to save the world. She had felt searing pain and known heartache so deep that recovery seemed impossible. The desire to shelter others from feeling that way turned into a slight obsession “calling”. She was doing good things in the name of her faith and her heart cried…
He is There
Sometimes the pain in this world leaves my heart heavy. Hope seems lost in the flames of house fires, hard to find for the friends that lost their job and face homelessness at the time of year when home means the most, hidden from friends who discover the sex of the heart beating in the…
The least of these
I have much to write about and tell you. Yet, when I sit here all I can think about are the 143 million+ orphans around the world that need forever families. The over 1/2 million kids in the US foster care system that need their families loved on and repaired. The over 100,000 that can’t…
