“Words are seeds that do more than blow around. They land in our hearts and not the ground. Be careful what you plant and careful what you say. You might have to eat what you planted one day.” – Unknown
An open letter to my church, Trinity Wesleyan…
I have said it often that time goes very quickly. Sometimes when I turn another month in my calendar and see the year splashed at the top I can't believe it. 2016. Jason and I have been married for 21 years and have found ourselves in some form of ministry or another...
When the sounds of night become life giving…
I walked out the door of the church tonight and immediately was hit with the sound of crickets chirping, the pale light of the moon peeking behind the clouds and the smell of grass. I walked the few feet between the church and my house soaking in the whole scene....
Present over Perfect…
This book, these words, have undone me. Three books that I have completed this year have been a combination of conviction, grace and celebration. (Present over Perfect, Breaking Busy, and Ordering Your Private World) I am undone by what God is teaching me in this...
New things take time to bloom…
New things in life do not happen overnight. There is a process, there is peeling away the old and finding what things lie beneath the surface that need attention. And that is the process I am in...peeling away what is so that I can make room for the new. Since my...
Something new is coming…
I have talked about it... I have wrestled with it... I have prayed about it... I have denied it... I have thought about it... I have avoided it... I have loathed others who had it... I have sought after it halfheartedly... But today I am committed to it... I want to...
Because the heart is torn…
Fredrick Beuchner writes "The place God calls us to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." I read this quote in a book I read Kisses from Katie. This book spoke directly to my heart and left me open, raw and convicted. This book...