As Easter Approaches New beginnings are a beautiful part of spring and a wonderful reminder of God’s grace. As the celebration of Easter approaches, I’m always looking for great ways to explain Jesus’ death, burial , and resurrection in a simple manner. I know we have a couple of weeks…
Love is in the air! I can hardly believe that Valentine’s Day is next week! As a child, I’m not so sure that I loved “loving,” but I think I loved chocolate as much then as I do now. While the last couple days I’ve been thinking over what Valentine’s…
Yesterday I had the privilege of leading a prayer journaling session at the Church Next Door in Galloway, OH. The theme of this event was Oasis: A Place for Women to Be Refreshed. The three hour event consisted of a prayer walk, breakout sessions, fresh veggies, fruit, cheese, and fruit-infused…
Joy is the serious business of heaven. – C.S. Lewis This month’s Bible reading challenge on Pure Joy has caused me to reflect on joy more deeply than ever before. I say that I want joy, but how badly do I really want it? Am I willing to choose and…
Poverty is no stranger to me. Growing up, my father made sure that I knew what it was like for poor country folk. He drove the church bus on Sunday and for years, we visited folks on Saturday to encourage them to ride the bus to church on Sunday. Illness…
Over the last few weeks, I’ve received several emails from readers asking about my favorite Bible journaling tools. I first began Bible art journaling in May this year and let’s just be honest, I’m not the kind of artist who can draw or paint the seventh wonder of the world….
Within the past couple months, I’ve hit another round of difficulty sleeping. One night a few weeks ago, I could not get my mind to shut down and had to move to the couch for fear of keeping my husband awake. At 2 am, I lie on the couch and…
One of the things that I love about my husband is that he makes me laugh. And one of the silly things we laugh about is random holidays that no one really understands how they came about. I tried to research the history of “National Do Something Nice Day.” And…
Three weeks from today, on 10/20/15, my book, One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up, will be available for purchase online and in stores! Can you believe it? I can hardly believe it!! Since I’ve already told you about how I poured my heart into writing…
Have you ever heard someone say “When you find God’s will…” and it seemed something akin to the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow? Like maybe it exists and maybe it doesn’t? Growing up in church, I often heard churchy-type phrases that were used over and over…
It’s my Taylor girl’s birthday today and she’s 19!! Obviously this pic is from last year. 🙂 In the celebrating spirit, I’ve created an updated printable prayer to share. I have learned more than I ever dreamed from Taylor. Persistence, courage, joy, hope, grace, and love are just a few of…
Just the name “waiting room” gives me a headache. Does it for you? Do you ever look at the drive thru line and decide not to stop because you don’t want to wait? Or put your three items back at the grocery store because you just can’t wait for the…
