“The platforms on the scaffolding I’ve built to surround my heart are fear and shame. It’s from these places that my greatest pose operates. In my ‘identities’ of religion, education, marriage and children, the collaborative pose or message is, ‘I have it all together’. The scaffolding I build, the pose I project, is a way…Continue reading Posing: Bringing the Scaffolding Surrounding My Heart into the Light

“When my emotions settled, I felt an invitation to enter into my story. An invitation to a journey. A journey to be taken at my pace. To be taken in my time. To seek the answer to my question. Who am I?”

Yep. You read that title correctly. Heart shaped vomit. And yes, there is a story to tell. A story that I’ve been needing to tell but have avoided for a myriad of reasons. Over the past several weeks, I have felt the weight of everything around me slowly begin to pile up . . .…Continue reading Heart Shaped Vomit

Listening to a podcast one morning, I hear the phrase . . . accept the Father’s acceptance of you. I froze. Replayed the phrase again . . . accept the Father’s acceptance of you. I finished “listening” to the podcast but truthfully, I heard nothing else. The phrase was swirling around in my head and…Continue reading Accept the Father’s Acceptance of You

I’m preparing to enter into one of the longest separations my husband and I have had to endure. As the weeks leading up to his deployment have come and gone, I’ve struggled to answer a simple question, ‘How am I?’ I’ve felt as though I’m numb. Maybe in denial. Or maybe it’s the peace that…Continue reading Space

I have the great privilege to review a wonderful book, Courageous Women of the Bible: Leaving Behind Fear & Insecurity for a Life of Confidence and Freedom, by Latan Roland Murphy. When I read the title of this book, my attention was immediately caught. My heart was shouting, YES! I want to hear of the…Continue reading Book Review: Courageous Women of the Bible

I have the great privilege to review a wonderful book, Lies Moms Believe: and how the Gospel refutes them, by Rebekah Hargraves. The moment I read the title, I was hooked. I was excited to dive in and see if the lies I’ve battled as a mom, made her list. I was even more excited…Continue reading Lies Moms Believe: Book Review

Last week I completed one of the hard steps in my recovery from my recent knee surgery. 10 weeks on crutches. It didn’t happen over night. It took time. Time for my body to adjust to the pressure of having full weight placed on it. Time for me to let go of my fear. Fear…Continue reading A Step of Courage

This past month has been hard. Challenging. Uncomfortable. Painful. And yes, beautiful. Over the past few weeks my heart has been trying to press in and process the journey I have been on. In the first several days following my knee surgery, I can honestly say I was in survival mode. I was fiercely committed…Continue reading Submit & Surrender

I have the great privilege to review another wonderful book, Talking to Jesus: A Fresh Perspective on Prayer, by Jeannie Blackmer. The title alone caught my attention and I became excited to see what this book has to offer. Jeannie uses a unique and personal approach to a topic that can often times be tricky…Continue reading Book Review . . . Talking to Jesus: A Fresh Perspective on Prayer by Jeannie Blackmer