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January 2024

January 02, 2024
Simplify. My word for 2024. Already doing it's work on me and it's only day...

December 2023

December 30, 2023
Should I hold on or let go? When do I hold on? Who/what tells me...

May 2023

May 23, 2023
Does anyone else have some messed up views? Being taught one thing. And now realizing......

April 2023

April 12, 2023
Less than a week out from my book release. All.The.Feels. One minute I am excited....

March 2023

March 09, 2023
Living in fear is exhausting. I've spent too much of my life being afraid. Driven...

January 2023

January 11, 2023
Looking back through journals. All the prayers. All the crying out to God. Years. And...

December 2022

December 30, 2022
"Choose your weapon." A mentor of mine told me she used to say it to...

November 2022

November 17, 2022
Is he running hard after God? Are you running hard after God? Would you like...

October 2022

October 19, 2022
We attended a college conference in 2006, where John Piper said if we listen to...
October 13, 2022
I’m sorry. I see now the damage that was done. Standing in front of you...

September 2022

September 22, 2022
Bright, sunny, yellow. To a hipster church. What was I thinking? I guess… Maybe, I...

August 2022

August 21, 2022
  I couldn’t play the game anymore. Honestly, I didn’t even know what game I...
August 08, 2022
Destroyed or Deconstructed. I just noticed these are two different words… Although I would say...
August 01, 2022
Let’s talk about ants. Two stories. Two different perspectives. Both of them inspiring.    Story...

July 2022

July 28, 2022
Kev just schooled me on the topic of “grace”. I was sitting out here on...
July 26, 2022
Somewhere along the line, I learned to beat myself up. Put myself down. The more...
July 25, 2022
Everyone longs to belong. I’ve spent my life longing to belong. To fit in. The...
July 22, 2022
It’s a beautiful day. The sun is shinning. Kids are playing across the street. There...
July 20, 2022
I sat across from my friend. We had met at the studio where our daughters...
July 19, 2022
Lots of tears last therapy session. Ugly crying, in fact. “I just don’t get it”....
July 12, 2022
  “Oh, so we’re not doing that here?”. I heard this quote by Glennon Doyle...
July 11, 2022
I’ve always been known for hearing a teaching and being able to spew it all...
July 07, 2022
I’m a performer. Always have been. The baby of our family. Always being told what...

May 2022

May 10, 2022
Striving This is how I used to spend my mornings with God My “quiet times”...

April 2022

April 30, 2022
If someone says just the right word? It can send me into a spiral. Yes....
April 25, 2022
Misfit. Imposter. Too much. Not enough. Too old. Too young. Always there. Never belonging. Walking...

March 2022

March 27, 2022
 I can't un-know all I know. I can’t un-see all I’ve seen. There’s no turning...
March 01, 2022
Purity. Pure. White as snow. Holy. Clean. Fresh. Beautiful. Clear. Unblemished. A culture of purity....

February 2022

February 27, 2022
When depression hits Everything seems bigger The dark gets darker The night gets longer The...

January 2022

January 20, 2022
How did I do it? How did we do it? Just sat there. Week after...
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