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Grace Awakened ~ Welcome To Week 1
Welcome!! I am so thankful to have you here, from wherever you are. So many of you from all over the globe, TOGETHER, with one intent…to know and experience His grace on a deeper level this summer. I wish so much that I could see all your sweet faces, but hear me as I say…
Read MoreOur Summer Series: When You Just Need More Grace
If you would like to be a part of our summer series, “The Gift of Grace: Summer Simplicity from the book of Ephesians”, click on Subscribe, or “Sign Me Up!” and enter your email. You will then receive each post directly into your inbox. _________________ That summertime shift is here, I can feel it.…
Read MoreAnnouncing our New Summer Series!
He’s always been able to do that. My husband has this incredible ability to see straight into the heart of an issue. A few months ago we were in the middle of a “significant” conversation, some might say it was intense or heated, but either way I was definitely right. We were going back and forth on how…
Read MoreBrave and Amazing…To Our Moms
Happy Mother’s Day! Celebrating with YOU today, for all your love, your sacrifice, and your incredible kindness. For all the times you’ve laughed and cheered and encouraged. For those moments you’ve cried, and had nowhere to go but to your knees. For the countless prayers offered, for the waiting and wondering. For the times you were brave, and courageous and stepped…
Read MoreMarch Madness: When What You Really Want is JOY
I have a friend who laughs easily. I just adore her. She’s a friend who will laugh at our stories, who will giggle at the funny things of life, and just find joy. I LOVE being around people like that, don’t you? You can probably think of those in your life who laugh easily and just bring a sense…
Read MoreMarch Madness: WHY do we get so Mad?
We got a puppy. Last month we decided to find a sweet puppy because we are just dog people. Our first baby, Dakota, we’d had for 13 years and lost him on New Year’s Day. So very soon afterwards we began the search and found this little angel. Yep, she’s adorable. But even as I type…
Read MoreWhen Your March Madness has Nothing to do with Basketball
A few years ago my husband was traveling quite a bit, leaving me at home alone with four kids. Four. Little ones, like 5, 4, 3 and newbie. It was rough. Sometimes it was all I could do not to be bitter at him, or at least at the freedom he seemed to have as…
Read MoreMaybe Sit and Soak Here, then do the Resolution Thing
His blue eyes sparkled as he told me every last detail. My five-year-old’s eyes slay me. And with so many stories to tell during these holiday-days, I am often completely taken with the joy in his eyes. I use to sit in wonder of those moms who seemed to actually enjoy school breaks with their…
Read MoreAnyone in the Labor Pains of Adoption?
November is National Adoption Month. As a mama who has walked through both domestic and international adoptions, this month stirs up so many emotions. Emotions of both joy and pain. Thoughts of birth parents, stories of orphanages. The hoops, the paperwork. Monthly pictures sent of those sweet smiling faces, just waiting. Oh, the waiting. It…
Read MoreWhen You're in the Middle of it All
Today, I’m over with my friend, Becky Harling. She is an incredible speaker and author, mother of four as well as our our lead pastor’s wife. This amazing woman of God is the author of a new book called “The 30 Day Praise Challenge”. It is absolutely changing the way that I approach life (if…
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