Coffee for Your Heart, Courage, Overcoming Fear, You're Loved No Matter What
{my graphics are free goodies for you} I am sitting in my “formal” dining room, which has always seemed like an extravagant name for the place where my giant leopard print chair lives, where my craft box sits on the floor. I have threatened this carpet with hot glue...
Coffee for Your Heart, Everyday Faith
{my graphics are free goodies for you} My friend and I find a corner in our favorite coffee shop. The air smells like slightly burnt sugar and bitter-dark espresso. All around us conversations hum and rise with the occasional staccato of laughter. I run my fingers...
Coffee for Your Heart, Everyday Faith, Friendship, You're Loved No Matter What
I recently picked up my phone in the middle of a wild week to text a friend about a lie that my heart kept hearing. Then I simply asked, “What’s the truth? I can’t come up with it right now.” She wrote back and told me what I already knew deep inside but couldn’t...
Coffee for Your Heart, Courage, You're Loved No Matter What
Perfectionism is the great paralyzer. It tells us that we shouldn’t take a step, make a decision, or try anything new because it might not be just right. The basis of this for many believers is what I call the “God’s perfect will” myth. Like the standards of the...
Coffee for Your Heart, Life & Growth, You're Loved No Matter What
Gymnasts practice their routines over and over again. By the time they get to the world competition level, their performances are expected to be flawless. Yet Shawn Johnson hit what could have been a serious snag in her career at an important moment. She says in...
