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I’m Moving In: How Should Christians Respond to Those Suffering

For those Valley dwellers, how do we as fellow Image bearers step into a role of responsibility without being overbearing or self-serving?

everyday holy

That my familiar world-view would shift into an everyday kind of Holy.

Psalm 127: The Mommy Psalm

What is it about being a parent that we should be preaching to ourselves, in and outside of parenting, as we prepare to step into the throne room?

The Surprising Way We are Combatting the Grumpies (and winning!)

We are trading our “grumpies” for “thank you’s” because there are deep wells of joy to be explored.

Mom, You Need A Friend

When women set aside the need for comparison, leave insecurities and judgement at home, and come together with the humble and mutual understanding that we need each other, we all thrive.

But Why: a discussion on sexual purity and the church

We should wonder that God has placed in our physical bodies a desire for intimacy and unity that stirs in us, and should remind us of our longing for His return and our oneness to be restored.

Addendum: On special secret surprises and tadpoles

Addendum: On special secret surprises and tadpoles- a first discussion with my daughter about sex.

We used to be cool…

I am finding that digging down deep into the temporary messiness of grace is to live in reckless abandon to eternity

Wait.

How do we wait in the mind-numbing silence that often comes with trials, believing a God who promises that he has our best in mind?

I struggle with anxiety. And whether or not you did before, if you’re a mother, you probably do now. It seems that along with the standard-issue black yoga pant, new mommy-dom also comes with a healthy dose of anxiety and guilt. I am writing this sitting on the floor of my bathroom peripherally watching the topContinue reading “and if not…”