this life's blessings

Finding Jesus in the messy, mundane, and miraculous.

Clearing out the Lies (my word for 2016)

January 8, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

My 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 […]

Choose Life

August 7, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!” Deuteronomy 30:19 It is the second summer in a row that I am […]