Honoring God with What We Have
Giving people gifts used to be one of my favorite things to do. But it quickly came to feel more like land mines lurked around instead of blessings abound. When I first made an actual income and moved out on my own, I spent months shopping for the perfect Christmas …
If we are going to fight back against poor body image, protect our holy ground against a world engulfed in diet culture, and stop abusing God’s creation to instead honor His design in us, we are going to have to learn how to be warriors. We are going to need …
This is my fourth time to set up a vegetable garden.The plants are barely in the ground and they already have things to say. I like to plant in the spring and spend the summer and early fall in the dirt. By Thanksgiving, I’m ready for a break until it …
I scrolled through years of our family’s photos on facebook the other day, reminiscing and copying some of Phil and me to post for our 13th wedding anniversary. That afternoon I really felt the coals under my feet to finally start pulling images out of the digital abyss and preserve …
I have been praying and planning and researching for my first book for over a year. I thought the chapters would settle on the page as quick as the title and the blip of a book proposal would be well behind me by now. Shocker- I was wrong. As I …
