Beauty from the  Ashes

June 28, 2016 Sometimes life is just broken. Broken dreams. Broken marriage. Broken body. Broken heart. I often do not understand what...

June 23, 2016 Don’t be afraid to write from the struggle. You don’t need to wait until after you have something all figured out to write...

June 21, 2016 Last summer I told my husband Seth that I felt God wanted me to start a blog. Seth could see that it meant a lot to me. He...

June 20, 2016 “You have the gift of encouragement,” a friend said to me. Her comment surprised and pleased me. I had given her a simple...

May 17, 2016 “That sounds like a God dream,” my best friend said to me after I told her about a recent dream I had. “I know,” I said....

May 10, 2016 Treasure awaits you. But it isn't gold. It's fruit. My kids really like the movie National Treasure. It’s about how some of...

April 17, 2016 Sometimes we know God is asking us to do something that feels big. Like a new job. A move. A new ministry. And it’s so...

March 21, 2016 She put in two small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny. I heard this in church yesterday, and it brought me...

March 1, 2016 Anne of Green Gables. My young heart was so smitten with that story. “Oh, Mr. Cuthbert,” she whispered, “that place we just...

February 13, 2016 God speaks. If we learn to listen. First I need to tell you a little backstory. I have a little white board hanging up...