Because It Isn’t Over Yet

by | Nov 25, 2013 | Faith

I read an article the other day about a photographer who has recently had his life turned upside down in the best way. This photographer had a collection of photos – incredible photos – discovered, and has since been given the opportunity to use his skills...

From The Cutting Room Floor

by | Nov 20, 2013 | Faith, Family, Fellowship

It had been an epic morning, and not in a good way. It was a morning that moviemakers would place in a screenplay and highly trained actors would portray with humor, and audiences would double over with laughter in darkened theaters. For the two of us actually living...

For The Voiceless

by | Nov 19, 2013 | Faith

Sometimes things capture you at your core, and your immediate response is totally out of your control. Sometimes a situation attaches itself to something so deep inside you that you feel absolutely dizzy and nauseated by the upheaval in your spirit. Sometimes you hear...

Being Seen

by | Nov 11, 2013 | Faith, Family

The day….well, it hadn’t gone as we had expected, and certainly not as we had hoped. That morning, it seemed that my daughter’s stomach virus was clearing out; by lunchtime, though, her fever had spiked again and her lethargy was at its worst. Her...

The Mission Of Home

by | Nov 5, 2013 | Faith, Family

It had been five days. Five days since I had gone through the motions of our normal routine, and five days since I had been by myself to write and read and simply breathe. We were on day five of a nasty stomach virus that had seized my poor little daughter’s...

Small Shifts

by | Oct 30, 2013 | Faith

The recovery has begun.  From anything I hear, this process is normal.  It doesn’t make it any easier, though, knowing that every one of the four hundred plus women who were at the Allume Conference last week is dealing with the same emotions and workload. We...

Something New

by | Oct 23, 2013 | Faith

I’ve been fretting today about a conference I’m going to this week. It’s going to be amazing – I know it is, and I know without a doubt that I’m supposed to be there. But the fretting….well, it’s not unusual or unexpected, but...

Because I Am Only Human

by | Oct 16, 2013 | Faith

So, guys? The act is up. There always comes a time when you have to take a step back and re-evaluate things. Sometimes you can choose the time for it to happen, and sometimes the cosmos whack you on the head and insist that you take a break, giving you little to no...

Worship: Why does church matter?

by | Oct 8, 2013 | Faith

If you’ve been following along with our 31 Days of Worship and Music series, I welcome you back. If you’re new here, I would encourage you to check back with some of the previous posts in the series – but it’s not required.  I have intentionally planned the series so...