Where did our thankfulness go?

As I walked into the house, nothing had moved. Everything was in it's place, just as I remembered it for the past decades of entering through that same front door. The only thing was, for the first time, they were missing... Like an untouched museum display their things stood there, staring barren and void. For …

Surrender: Like giving up but braver

It has been one of those days. One of those I want to run away to my own tropical island, take a nap, eat chick-fil-a, and never come back days. Do you ever have those? One of those days where it feels like it would be easier to just quit it all than keep trudging …

Where Does Your Ripple Lead?

In the eighth grade, I had a teacher, Mr. Brown. He taught  me a lesson I will never forget. Honestly, I don't even remember the subject he taught or if I liked his class after the first day but I do remember a poster he pointed to on that day. It was a poster of …

The Heart of Worship

"Aaaaaamen.... aaaaaaaaamen..... aaaaammmeeeeeen..." belted the tiny voice in my back seat, along with a few other tiny toddler words of praise I couldn't quite make out as my sweet little girl continued in her joyous song. As I saw her bouncing curls and smile I couldn't help but sing along.... "many many blessings.. many many blessings." …

Dry Bones and the Will to Bring Life

Some days I feel like I am standing in the center of the desert, like the prophet Ezekiel. My surrounding feel barren and dry. When I gaze around, I see nothing but broken people or pieces of what once were people. Ligaments wounded, flesh torn, and bodies drained of the light of life. They are …

Heart.

It was early in the morning when I got up to pray. My body already missed the bed as I quietly crept across the bathroom tile into my closet to sit down and pray. Though my eyes didn't want to open all the way, the longings of fulfillment in my heart had beckoned me into …

The Disguise of Disunity

A lot has been said this week about unity and being united.  Our work places, dinner tables, social media pages, and nation have been infiltrated with one word and one argument, the need for unity. As I have listened to these discussions about our differences of opinions and the destruction, I can't help to think …

Rising.

"Remember when the sound of rain used to be peaceful?" These were the words I  had sent via text to my family group text as I laid restlessly in bed this past weekend pondering what the next few hours would bring. I feel like as a community and a state, many of us had that …

Seriously, can we start being real?

I can't do it anymore. I can't maintain it. I can't put a filter over my life. In the past few weeks I have been very blunt and open about the struggles I have been facing. (see more in Find your breath , The Anxious Mama, and The truth of a Woman who tried to hide the Healing…) Our …

Find your breath 

Physical fitness has never been my "thing." Growing up, I would say I was fairly active, but never in any sports that required extended periods of physical activity. Recently, God has been changing something in me... He has given me this desire to run. Now being more of an interval training type, this new interest …