The World Hurts. God Heals.
We had a little family photo shoot this weekend. Just some woods, my tripod, and the self-timer on my camera.This one was totally unplanned. They were waiting (and waiting and… Read more The World Hurts. God Heals. →
We had a little family photo shoot this weekend. Just some woods, my tripod, and the self-timer on my camera.This one was totally unplanned. They were waiting (and waiting and… Read more The World Hurts. God Heals. →
{Go} “LEAVE me alone!” These words are becoming a regular part of the sounds around our house. I don’t like them. I don’t believe them. He doesn’t believe them either.… Read more Five Minute Friday {Leave} →
I’ve been thinking about Peter, the fisherman. Do you know how he moved on from being the fisherman? I like to imagine that it was at the end of an ordinary fishing day, although it might have been a bad day. His boat was empty and he was washing his nets when Jesus asked him to take him out on the water, a little ways from the land. Peter did and Jesus taught the crowd from the boat. When he finished speaking, he said to Peter, “Put out into deep… Read more Put Out Into Deep {Coffee for Your Heart} →
We need each other. Yet when things get hard we pull away. We draw in. We hunker down. We are living in a world where we have plenty of followers… Read more Learning to Reach Out →
This necklace from Elsie serves as a reminder to choose love. Love is a choice. There are days when the choice to love is much more difficult (and a whole… Read more Love is a Choice →
I earned myself a speeding ticket yesterday. Zipping along a beautiful stretch of road that winds between two lakes, there’s a small town with a bait shop, a church, and… Read more Living with a Radical Faith →
{Go} So there’s been this burden on my heart to share my faith and family stories to bring hope and encouragement to women. Sometimes I like to ignore this kind of thing. Especially when it takes me out of my comfort zone. You know, my writing life used to be so succinct. It was easy. I co-founded a blog that grew to thousands of readers each day. A book deal came from the blog. And then it was like my whole writing life was shaken. Nothing made sense. I walked… Read more Five Minute Friday {Ready} →
On Sundays, I move our meals for the upcoming week from the freezer to the refrigerator. This way they can thaw safely. In the middle of the week Andy’s parents… Read more It’s Just a Meatloaf →
I’m celebrating accidents and mishaps and stumbles and falls. One. Hannah broke her arm at cross country practice. I spent several hours in the ER with her on Friday night.… Read more Celebrations: Accidents, Mishaps, Stumbles, & Falls →