I Don’t Know What to Say.

If you think that’s a funny title for a blog post, I’m assuming you probably think it’s a funny title for a book. Regardless…that’s the title of my first book, due out any day now! The thing is, prayer is tricky, and I think we sit down...
When God Tells You To Hush

When God Tells You To Hush

One year ago, on New Year’s Day of 2018, God did what I never thought He would have to do. He told me to be quiet.  For the past ten years or so, His command to me has been to speak – loudly and boldly, in writing and onstage – about the transformative power of...
When Community Gets Hard (Because It Will)

When Community Gets Hard (Because It Will)

Last spring my family had the chance to travel to the mountains of West Virginia to visit my husband’s extended family. The highlight of the trip, for me, was visiting the farm where my mother-in-law grew up: deep in the Shenandoah Valley, nestled between the...
How Not To Talk About Your Kids

How Not To Talk About Your Kids

On a Thursday night about a year ago, I sat at the softball field waiting for my daughter’s softball game to start. I wasn’t watching her team warm up, though. I was watching for my parents to get there and claim their spots on the metal bleachers. They...