As you read this, yesterday was Earth Day. A day I previously gave zero thought to. Like many evangelical Christians, I grew up giving very little thought to the earth - it was merely the backdrop or set God built to place humanity into

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...

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...

I used to let others form my opinions for me. If people I looked up to said something or someone was good or bad, I didn't think too much ab

Exactly nine months earlier, I had shared the news with my husband that we were expecting. As first-time parents, we were excited and nervou

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—

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

I had “the hurry” real bad today. Do you ever have “the hurry” too? It’s this constant hurry or rush from one thing to the next. The hurry c

So, you need to be caught up on what is happening; Debbie took a sabbatical which means I also took a break from the podcast and blog.

Gray, billowy clouds fill the sky.  Rain and thunderstorms rolled through the city all night and left evidence of their presence this...

Are you a Sunday nap person? You know, there are people who live for the Sunday afternoon nap. Come home from church, quick lunch, then...

“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in...