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

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

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.

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...

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

We’ve reached that time of year where I’m starting to reflect on the last 11 months and look ahead toward the flipping of the page to yet an

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

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

1// November 2011. I’m 22 and newly married, in a suburban megachurch comprised almost exclusively of families with kids. Nary a young...

This is the month when Daylight Savings ends. I feel like it always brings up many opinions – some people love the extra hour of sleep, some

Thank you, Lord, for the warmth of coffee. Thank you for giving us the ability to smell, to feel the differences of hot and cold. You are

Most of you have heard my story, the most important part is recorded in the Bible (Mark 2:1-12 and Luke 5:18-26), but you don't even know...

The other day I was in a conversation about names. We were discussing whether or not we liked our names, the way old names are coming...

I played softball when I was a kid. I played second base, and we had such a fun team, The Sluggers. We all went to school together and...

Sleep hadn’t come easily in the hours before. I’d tossed and turned and finally found comfort curled under the blankets. Now, my eyes...

On a recent Friday morning, in the darkness of the before school hours, I sink with a huff down into my favorite green paisley chair in...

How do you feel when someone does something despicable and then is made to pay the price? But what if, instead, they get forgiveness,...