Whatever your day holds, you’re deeply loved. You aren’t lacking. You’re not less-than. You aren’t unqualified or disqualified. You are the creation of a God who makes masterpieces, not mistakes....
If you ever get a little tired of life’s battles, this is for you. If you ever wrestle with fear or insecurity, this is for you. If you’ve ever feel unsure you’re ever going to have victory, this is...
We’re all running a race, but not the kind you might imagine. We don’t have the same starting line, the same distance to go, or the same steps to take. Our finish lines are even in different places....
If you ever get a little tired of life’s battles, this is for you. If you ever wrestle with fear or insecurity, this is for you. If you’ve ever feel unsure you’re ever going to have victory, this is...
Loving other people can feel like stepping across a field of land mines sometimes. Perhaps this is truest of all online. Politics. Social issues. The latest offense at school or work or the...
I settle into a comfy chair in a counselor's office and begin to share the lies that sometimes swirl around in my mind. Like a tornado they threaten to destroy everything in their path. My peace. My...
I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. {Philippians 1:6} I’m an amateur eavesdropper. I often work in coffee shops...
Yesterday morning I sat across from a friend in a coffee shop. She ordered a cinnamon roll the size of my face and let me have part of it. Because this is what true friends do. We’d both just come...
First, think of a recent moment when you felt insecure, when fear got the best of you, when you felt alone. A moment you wish you could redo. Now imagine that moment being different. Instead of...
I can’t think of a single time “brave” showed up as an emotion in my world. I know what it is to be brave. But in those times often what I still feel is fear. The pounding of my heart and the...