View {Five Minute Friday}

View {Five Minute Friday}

It’s Five-Minute Friday with lovely Lisa-Jo! Set a timer and just write. Don’t worry about making it just right or not. For me? An exercise in letting go and letting words flow. Five minutes only. {yes, I do set a timer and it quacks like a duck at 5 minutes,...
My Life Isn’t Perfect

My Life Isn’t Perfect

There is a lot of talk everywhere I turn about being “real” with another and I am ALL about it. When the life you live in front of others is different than the life you ACTUALLY live, there’s a problem. Showing a “perfect” life to your...
Reading the Word as a Boy Mom: Thoughts on Bravery

Reading the Word as a Boy Mom: Thoughts on Bravery

You know all of those guys in the Bible? The disciples? The warriors? The kings? The everyday men God used to further His Kingdom? You know what they all had in common? They all had moms. We don’t hear about some of these moms and some of them may not have been...
Less Yelling, More Praying: Bible Verses to Pray

Less Yelling, More Praying: Bible Verses to Pray

I wrote this original post back in the spring of 2013, but I have found to it be something I come back to over and over again. God is obviously still getting my attention in this area. If He is working on you in this area as well, know that I am praying for you and...

Reading “The Story” Together

There is no greater joy for me as a parent than sharing Jesus with my children. I am humbled and challenged and blessed {and even entertained sometimes} by the conversations we have about God and Jesus and sin and heaven and all that comes along with our faith. We...