Finding Jesus in the messy, mundane, and miraculous.
Dear People, Hey pals. You’re so great. Galentine’s Day just passed and I was overwhelmed at the amount of love I felt through cards, cookies, and all the other ways you just love me so well on a daily basis. The thing is, you don’t save this for one day a year. You people love well 365 freakin’ days a […]
Read MoreIn this season of Lent, we practice confession and receive grace and mercy from our dear Father. Sometimes it is really easy to sit in our sin and let it form a mold over us until it seems like that is actually who we are. I wrote this “letter” (just like this one) to all […]
Read MoreI’m a big fan of Lent. I never practiced it or even knew what it was growing up. In college I started hearing about it and would jump on the no-sugar bandwagon for like ten days until a cake showed up in front of me. In grad school I actually learned the significance of it […]
Read MoreI keep not living slow. Every time I sit or read I find the desire – but then I get up and leave and start running. I’m an out-of-the-closet FOMO addict. (FOMO, by the way, means Fear Of Missing Out). FOMO, I realized this week, is the opposite of presence. When I am constantly concerned with […]
Read MoreWe could hear it in the background, serenading us as we shoveled chips and salsa and sipped on margaritas. Those crazy brave people singing karaoke in the back. We cringed as girls sang One Direction and laughed as bold men sang their hearts out to the classics. We finished our meals and suddenly my friend […]
Read MoreWhen we ask for a situation to be fixed, He says I am with you. Not always what we are looking for, but always what we need. He knows that Presence is what heals, not answers.
Read MoreA friend recently shared that her “word” or “idea” for the New Year was similar to mine, but she phrased it as “making space.” I love the idea of space, and have been thinking about it a lot because of this whole simplicity thing, and the whole I-moved-and-have-to-arrange-a-new-room thing. I’ve been thinking about how we (maybe […]
Read MoreMy word (or one of them!) for 2016 is simplicity. If you’ve read anything of mine recently, you probably already know that. I’m kind of obsessed with this idea of simplifying life. I’m moving this weekend, so I’ve been donating to Goodwill like it’s my job. Our trash can is overflowing, and it is a […]
Read MoreMy brothers and I attended a Christian elementary school that we all loved very much. One program we were able to participate in was called “Young Authors.” From my limited memory, students essentially submitted a self-authored story, and were awarded prizes in their age category. Young Authors is one of our most common dinner table […]
Read MoreHumble and human, willing to bend You are Fashioned of flesh and the fire of life, You are Not too proud to wear our skin to know this weary world we’re in Humble, humble Jesus Humble in sorrow, You gladly carried Your cross Never refusing Your life to the weakest of us Not too proud […]
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