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Breath of God

The Word of God will stand forever- I exhale. What peace, what security!

Everybody Poops: and other lessons learned as a ministry wife

We forget that those called to serve the Church body are all of us. We have different gifts, but are part of the same body, working together for the same purpose.

Moms with Grit:: Sarah and the “S” Word

Authority and submission are not a system of organizing worth . . .

Woman Undone: Fear, Freedom, and Fred

I have come to realize that my undone-ness is solely based on the glory of the people around me…

Moms With Grit: Elizabeth {Glory and Waiting}

Grit is developed over time. The long-suffering of life-long barrenness had produced in Elizabeth a holiness (Luke 1:6, ESV).

My mind is weighty with new old truth. Does the gospel ever just hit you fresh and fiery like the first time again? It’s like digging a well you’ve dug for years when suddenly, fresh, cool water streams in, turning dry cracked earth back into fertile life-bearing soil. Incarnation: a word that typically brings toContinue reading “The Power of Flesh”

Child’s Pose

I tuck into “child’s pose” because I am a child. I need His arms to wrap around me.

Finding Jesus

My eyes welled as they scanned the words−each one spreading salve on my current situation. I had just traveled through a dark valley, overcome by depression and wracked with physical sickness. I had spent the night before crying on my bathroom floor to the God Who Sees. I poured over Psalm 116, reliving the bigContinue reading “Finding Jesus”

The Sloth Raising My Kids

Will I find joy in the unseen, private sacrifice of bringing order to chaos within the walls of my home?

Who Really Won the War on Christmas?

We hear it every year, this catch-phrase meant to call us to action. What really is the War on Christmas? Is it over? Who won?