Something wonderful happened to me this morning. My cat got stuck in a tree. I spent an hour and a half trying to get her down. Now, the thing you need to know is that this cat is the worst. She’s annoying and disobedient. One time she opened up a pizza box and stole the… Continue reading What Does Your Name Reveal About You?
Be Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind *** This post is a Throwback to a few weeks ago when I wrote this and didn't publish it. (I do that a lot a lot a lot.) Today I am forcing myself to go to church and I feel like satan is angry. But so am… Continue reading Here’s Why every Christian Needs to Study Neuroplasticity
Do you drink coffee in the mornings? I got a Keurig for Christmas from my mom, and I love having just one perfect, delicious cup. I don’t drink it every morning, but there is something special about holding the warm cup in my hand on a cold blustery day. And now as my kids are… Continue reading 5 Ways I’m Pursuing Unity and How You Can Too
anxiety I'm not sure how it happens, but sometimes it's just there, sneaking in unnoticed. I can't call it by name at first, but it feels familiar, like an old friend. An old, unwelcome, toxic, ex- boyfriend that keeps coming back around and won't take a hint. The other day I read this parenting article… Continue reading Dear Anxiety, Let’s Break Up
It was Fall of 2006, the setting a small candlelit room somewhere in Indiana. I was at a weekend retreat and was prayerfully contemplating taking communion. Communion is a way to remember Christ's death for us. What God spoke to me during that prayer time was quiet, but not subtle. I knew that I could… Continue reading A note to the Fatherless on Father’s Day
Winter this year has been a record breaker. Almost two feet of snow has fallen in February alone, and we've gotten our vehicles stuck in the snow no less than seven times. So, when Brandon came in to ask me to help push the van out of the driveway, I wasn't expecting anything out of… Continue reading Right on Time
If you're up in the middle of the night, you're not alone. There's something to be said for not ordering Starbucks at 5pm....but there is much to be said FOR doing so. 🙂 The other night I couldn't sleep, by no fault of Starbucks. You see, I have a disorder called Bipolar. I was diagnosed… Continue reading What it’s Like Living with Bipolar
I was standing in the kitchen, noticing the details I recognized from my childood, lamenting about how different it was to be in this space without her. The orange-brown carpet, the heavy wooden hutch against the paneled walls, and the stoop that served as our time machine when we were little and carefree. None of… Continue reading Red Writing on the Wall
Mamas, you know this is true. Thankfulness. It's when the kids smear peanut butter into the carpet but you think, "At least it isn't poop." Thankfulness. It's when the kids poop on the closet floor and you think, "At least it isn't on the carpet." I could just end it there, but that feels wrong,… Continue reading Thankfulness
Have you ever wanted something so desperately that you thought maybe God would withhold it just to "test you"? I don't know where I got this notion that God does this, but I still battle it. Here I am again, like Eve in the garden. I see the fruit and I want it. And I… Continue reading 6 Things I’ve Learned While Waiting on What May Never Come
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