Sep 26, 2016 | Courageous Soul |
I’ve really wanted to throw in the towel the last couple of weeks. More than once. I’ve wanted to hang it up. Call it quits. Just stop trying to write and pursue all these things I know God put in me to do. Because, man, it got really tough. Spiritually,...
Sep 23, 2016 | Courageous Soul |
I’m taking deep breaths today. It’s been one long crazy week on top of other long weeks and seasons. Part of me wants to disengage completely and part of me wants to roll on with spirit-led gusto. Anyway, after an insane number of tech issues and a...
Aug 31, 2016 | Courageous Soul |
I’m sitting here working on a long list of to-dos and suddenly my heart breaks open. My camera snaps a photo of my to-do list journal and when I look at it, before posting it to Instagram, I’m stopped in my tracks. The irony is thick. The contrast enough to strike me...
Sep 17, 2015 | Emotional Health |
Go ahead and be angry. You would do well to be angry – but don’t use your anger as fuel for revenge. And don’t stay angry. Ephesians 4:8 (The Message) Have you ever been good and angry? A few months ago I listened to Chip Ingram’s series,...
Aug 26, 2015 | Courageous Soul |
The questions I asked myself out of curiosity became ones I needed to answer in reality. What if I was raped & got pregnant? Would I still choose life as I believed I would? Then I was. Raped and pregnant. Still, I wondered what if, because my experience wasn’t...
May 24, 2015 | Spiritual Growth |
I was barely old enough to write out words. Yet, with misspellings and tears, the note I wrote to my parents that day still comes to mind. My brother didn’t want me playing with his ball, and I did. I wanted it. I took it. With a tinge of guilt I bounced it on the...