Five Ways to Interact with Scripture

Does anyone remember the old time flannel boards from Sunday school of yore? (I’ve always wanted to use that word—yore—and I finally did! #smallgoals haha!) So low tech but, man, they were so cool. Almost all my early memories of time spent in church involve carefully arranging pieces of stories […]

The Advent Invitation: Come in all your messiness

I’ve been doing the She Reads Truth study on The Beatitudes. It’s one of my favorite passages—and also one that reminds me how much I need Jesus. I started reading these verses in Matthew 5 the day after the election and I’ve been reading them, meditating on them, praying them, and […]

How to Develop a Consistent Quiet Time Once and For All

“I just can’t get it going. I know it’s important. I really do. But I just can’t maintain a consistent quiet time. I get bored or I oversleep or I fall asleep before I can do it at night. I give up.” I sat there with my friend, trying to […]

On the Hard Days

Yesterday one of our very best friends from Georgia passed away unexpectedly. Last night I hugged one of my dear friends whose daughter is leaving today for college and whose husband is battling cancer. The precious young lady who used to cut my hair will bury her mom today. When […]

God Is Plotting for Your Glory

“What she does not see with the eyes of her heart is that in all her bitter experiences, God is plotting for her glory. This is true of all God’s children. In the darkest of our times, God is plotting for our glory.” John Piper God is plotting for our […]

Looking at Ourselves through the True Lens

Last week I had to get my headshots updated. Can I tell you how much I *hate* doing that? All I can see in photos of myself is chipmunk cheeks and the way my stomach pooches out so I look a little bit pregnant {which I assure you I am […]