When It is Finally Your Time. Someday, I’ll have the time and space to invest in myself again. Someday, I’ll be more than just the caretaker, planner, and giver. But as any mother knows, someday can feel like a moving target, always just beyond reach. There’s always another nap to coordinate, another snack to make, another phase to survive.

I honestly don’t know how to sit down and write a feel-good blog post for well-meaning Christian women to read right now. 

The danger of Instagram’s algorithm on my life is probably something I should take more seriously; however, a year ago, the Lord used a...

Before I started serving women, I was serving people with disabilities. I worked for an international sports organization that oversaw the Paralympic Games, not an easy task with so many layers of people, politics, cultures, and languages. At the time, this was my dream job. I got to combine my passion for the power of sport with serving a community that was so dear to my heart.

Merriam-Webster defines sin as an offense against religious or moral law; an action that is highly reprehensible; or a serious shortcoming. Biblically, 1 John 3:4 says that “in fact, sin is lawlessness,” a pattern of behavior that shows disregard for God’s law. 

What am I most afraid of in this current season? What failure still haunts me? What hardships have made me doubt God’s goodness? What moment in my past still hurts when it comes to mind? What am I navigating that feels too hard? What currently feels entirely out of my control?  What is my last two percent I’m not willing to share with even my closest loved ones?  May His lovingkindness demonstrated in the gospel never stop stirring my affection for Him, the God who d

Have you ever watched a canine agility trial? If you are unfamiliar with the sport, please promise me that after you have read this blog,...

As a woman who has experienced both the beauty and the challenge of labor and birth, I can say with certainty that every journey is unique.

I have a vivid memory of lying in bed, closing a book, and bawling my eyes out.  I don’t remember the exact date when this happened.

Do you know what it is to be needed in the Kingdom? If God took the time to hide you, He has a need for you for a specific purpose.

I have known I wanted to be a mother for most of my life, an experience not unique to me. But unlike most women I know who also felt this

We had a version of this conversation every day. She'd pack too much and I'd complain. 

It was the middle of the night and I woke up with the urge to pee. I tried to ignore it because I was nestled warmly in my bed...

"Sleep when baby sleeps." As an expectant mother, I cannot count how often this pearl of wisdom was shared. Before my child arrived, I...

“Sit up straight, Jessica!” My mother would often say as she gently touched my back. She was the definition of a true Southern lady.  ...

I, for one, find this to be exactly true. The older I get, the bigger God gets. I used to think I had a pretty solid grasp on theology...

While Advent comprises four weeks with four themes, my heart tends to get stuck in week one - hope. Probably because hope seems to be the...

It's Christmastime again, and I'm looking at my little wooden nativity set—the one I bought for the girls to play with when they were small—

Did it seem like the Lord was putting obstacles in your way to steer you in a different direction than you had in mind?

I have a friend whose daughter didn't listen to a thing her frustrated mother said. This otherwise sweet child would flatly ignore her unles