Faith without works is dead. But works cannot exist outside of faith. Paul wrote in his letter to the Galatians an admonishment to not fo...

My husband and I celebrated our 7th anniversary over the weekend. So obviously, we are TOTAL experts on the subject of marriage. [Ahem] O...

DEAREST YOUNG LADY: Dear College Girl, Dear high school student, dear whole-life-ahead-of-you-young-Lady. As fall brings the rhythm of sc...

I felt alone and without hope. My husband and I were on the precipice of one of those big, life altering decisions, and were struggling t...

If my daughter was a color she’d be sparkly pink. It would be always changing, sometimes the palest of pink, sometimes the brightest. But...

When I was pregnant my aunt brought over the glider she had nursed and soothed and rocked her two boys in. It was the same one my mom roc...

I am convinced we will never see the beauty of God fully until we see the world through his eyes. Until we see His love played out so spe...

It was one of those days. I was cleaning up a disaster of a mess and saw a scripture card (that I needed to clean up) on the bookshelf th...

“I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength” (Philippians 4:13). To be honest, that verse doesn’t give me comfort in those ...

I sang out to The Lord my God “you don’t give your heart in pieces” and felt alone. The words had popped into my head, and were part of a...

There is something about singing the truths and promises God-breathed in Scripture when we worship. In Revelation John records both awed ...

My daughter wakes up singing. Sometimes, if I’m up moving around, I’ll sit outside her door and listen and pray. The other morning I crep...

I want to tell you something today. I want to tell you that the darkness you feel is not totality. It is not a velvet cloak too thick to ...

Whether I am fully present in the Barbie games, or distracted by the to do’s, the days run out just the same. Whether I captured it on ca...

Who will sit with the destitute? Who will tell their story? Who will share their pain? Who will mourn with those who mourn, and laugh wit...

I have a friend who folds her husband’s underwear. I think about that every time I do laundry now, so basically every day. Don’t ask me w...

When I was 13 I prayed for healing. I read in my bible if you have the faith of a mustard seed mountains will move at your prayerful comm...

The past several years have markedly been wrought with hardship for my little family, mixed in with incredible blessing. Alas, that is li...

Last year on this day I ate cake and penned a rebellious war cry to Dear Ol’ Delilah (the name I gave my migraine). This year I am breath...

My daughter was two months old at her first Christmas. Her 91 year old great grandfather gave her a stuffed “lambie” that talked when you...