Have you been through a season where all seemed dark and grim? You’d look left and right, but yet hope of a brighter day seemed so far removed you couldn’t even imagine it. I’ve certainly been there. And you and I can both agree those trying times are hard to navigate. Hope Years ago, when I lost all of my… Read More
There was no amount of journaling, reading scripture, or praying that could have prepared me for the traumatic event my life encountered years ago. The loss that overtook my soul was almost unbearable. There was nothing that could help my humanness understand this grief. There are so many ways those two overtake us — grief and loss — for me… Read More
As the sun broke through the hotel curtains in Cabo, I stretched and rolled out of bed. Excitement stirred as we were headed to the Mexican coastal desert to go 4-wheeling. The dusty red dirt would be far cry from the beautiful marine blue waters we were out on the day before fishing for marlins. The contrast of the two… Read More
Do you wonder where your days and moments are going? Do you feel like they are racing by un-enjoyed and not truly fulfilled? If you do, you are not alone. I recently sat down over a cup of tea with one of my precious-soul-friends as she exclaimed, “Why are the days passing so fast? Why do I feel like they are… Read More
I’ve stood on many shores across the globe. I even live by a shore on the Gulf of Mexico, but nothing I’ve seen compares to the barren wilderness of the Alaskan shores. These shores are where I feel the closest to Jesus. His peace blows in with each wave that crashes over my soul just as the waters land hard… Read More
Wiping away tears, I tried to be strong and brave. Oh how this word brave, that we so flippantly float around, can be the biggest when we have to exert it in the smallest of things. When you don’t want to release your child into the thrones of college, but do — that’s brave. When you fight for your marriage… Read More