I can make anything about a checklist. A goal to accomplish. A race to be won.
Currently, I am trying to get better about drinking water: the way I go about dehydrating myself throughout the day to push for one more thing has complicated my health. Naturally, I put another pale yellow Read more
“That’s just who I am,” I conceded to my husband the other day, my defeatist attitude brought on by a recent stream of moodiness I couldn’t seem to get a handle on. Any chance you’re in that kind of season, too? In “The Broken Way” calendar with daily quotations from one of my favorite authors, Ann Voskamp reminds me that sometimes the best way to remove the scales from my eyes and life is to evaluate where I’ve misplaced my identity. Ann writes, “Activity for God—is not the same as intimacy with God or identity in God. And it is your intimacy with Christ that gives you your identity.”
If I’m being honest, I must admit Read more
“If the voice starts to whisper to follow the farthest star, that voice inside is who you are.” – Moana’s Grandma
What’s your calling from God?
Ever looked down the path in the direction to which God is nudging you onward, and you can almost hear an imaginary forecaster in your head say, “more dense fog today”? My hand is raised. The road ahead can be hazy. The white mist has descended, settled in for the long haul and it’s clouded up the entire scene before me.
Even when the fog lifts and I see more clearly God’s exact plan for how He wants to use me, I lack understanding of how Read more
On the first day of school this year, my son came home saying a boy on the bus told him there were two things he needed to do to be cool: 1) own a pair of Vans (a brand of shoes that were, mind you, brag-worthy in my day and have made a recent comeback) and 2) play a certain well-known video game. That’s it. That was this kid’s recipe for cool. Only problem was, Keep Reading
