Nearly fifteen years ago, I received this Bible from my parents. It is a NAS Life Application Bible with a faux leather cover and my (maiden) name embossed on the front. (Let’s not talk about my middle name. We all have one, and most of us dislike it, right?) I was nineteen when I received […]
Read More::2015::
The two months since my last post have been ones of sweet stretching and resolved perseverance. While some of the fuzzy feelings that accompany deep seasons of growth have worn off a little, I’ve continued to look to the Word for who God is. When I can’t seem to find anything in myself to say, […]
Read More{striking but healing}
The last two years have been a joyless famine in my soul. Spiritually speaking, I have struggled with more downs than ups, more doubts than faith, more bitterness than thankfulness. Waiting seems to be one trial that God is going to use for all of my life to sanctify me. As I’ve sown seeds of […]
Read More{kingdom moments}
{I’ve already written ad nauseum in my own journal, but I can’t seem to wrap words around what is consuming my mind this morning.} For the past 5 years, our church has been going to local parks and having church services for the neighborhoods surrounding the parks. For 3-4 Sundays in a row, we grill […]
Read More{the things i can’t escape}
I can’t quite put into words what’s been floating around my head lately. But I’m gonna try. When I started studying Matthew earlier this year, I knew I would be challenged by what Jesus said–both to His followers and to those who opposed Him. I knew I would feel convicted by His frank honest assessments […]
Read More{on the edge}
I am moving very, very slowly through the four Gospels this year (hey, it’s January, so you know I haven’t gotten very far), and writing down everything Jesus said.I want to have an up-close chronicle of what He said to do and to be in order to be His follower, to identify oneself with Him.Last […]
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