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November Joy: What Spills Out When You're Shaken?
Our two older boys are adopted from Haiti, and the story of how God orchestrated that whole thing is incredible. My amazing sons were two and three when they came home, full of wonder and questions and boatloads of energy. My daughter was almost two at the time, making us a family of five overnight. Three to five…
Read MoreNovember Joy: New Series Coming Next Week
Life moves, doesn’t it? My sweet girl moves into double digits this weekend. She has been anticipating turning 10 for years because when she was little, I made up this completely arbitrary number that she had to wait til 10 to get her ears pierced. Because when your only daughter is all the sweetness of 4 she…
Read MoreWhat If I Really Believed I Was a Princess?
Today is my anniversary. Fourteen years with my amazing man and we are celebrating our anniversary with leftover soup, football practice, reading logs and homework. And I wouldn’t trade it for the whole wide world. Except the reading logs. Totally trade them. My wedding day was perfection, but the best part (other than the husband)…
Read MoreWhen You Want Your Heart to Stay Aware ~ Our Final Weekend Walk
We have made it! We’ve made it to the end of our fourth and final week in our summer series. I am so thankful for each of you that has been here with us, so many women from all around the world, taking time this summer to soak in His amazing Gift of Grace. I…
Read MoreGrace Guarded, Week 4 ~ When We Decide to Take a Stand
So, recently a friend of mine was at home with her children playing in the front yard, when an unexpected visitor arrived. A salesman pulled into the driveway wanting to sell her family some meat. He began talking with her kids, and then approached her front door, where she immediately greeted him with a “No, thank you”…
Read MoreWeekend Walk ~ Walking Through Your Tough Places
Thursday I had the amazing privilege of meeting up with some phenomenal women. I am on the city team for an upcoming event here in July, an event that will bring in Living Proof Live with Beth Moore, as well as thousands of women. I adore Beth Moore (could totally be a groupie if pressed), and…
Read MoreGrace Extended, Week 3 ~ Letting It Spill Out
Grace like rain, poured out and overflowing into our lives. There’s so much, isn’t there? So much available and given, spilling out on us all. Sunday morning I had the privilege of speaking with two ladies who are doing the study together, sharing how they’d sat for close to four hours one afternoon, talking about this…
Read MoreA Weekend Walk – Receiving His Grace
As I sit down to write, so many different ideas have come to mind, stories to tell, paths to take. But there is this one verse that keeps rolling over and over in me, a verse so personal that speaks to His very presence in our lives. Maybe it’s just what you need. Maybe this week…
Read MoreGrace Received, Week 2 – When You Just Need to Give Yourself a Break
Any of you have a friend who can just see through it all? Several months back I found myself sitting across from one of my mentors. It had been a difficult season and I was wrapped up in concern. I was burdened by the weight of life, feeling frustrated that I just couldn’t get a grip. I…
Read MoreA Weekend Walk ~ Awakening to His Grace
I woke up this morning with this song by Matt Redman going through my head. It’s there in the newborn cry, There in the light of every sunrise There in the shadows of this life, Your great grace It’s there on the mountain top, There in the everyday and the mundane There in the sorrow and the dancing, Your…
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