In Spite of Myself   I just knew I wasn’t going to make it. There was no way to navigate, no way to avoid the scarring or the jarring that......

It’s Not About Me (Thank goodness!)   I wasn’t always a Christian. I didn’t grow up in church or Sunday School. I love when I hear stories of believers testifying......

Releasing That Brings Receiving “What are you most resistant to let go of?” she asked matter-of-factly. My eyes darted to the floor. Immediately, I began to wrestle. The question hung......

The Right Direction For Hope “Don’t get your hopes up.” I’ve heard the warning, felt the pessimism creep into the cracks. There’s a good chance you have, at one point......

Cracks and Grace Brokenness is part of the puzzle. It’s part of this flesh package. And each broken piece, in the hands of our loving Savior, has the power to......

Restoring Wonder I know. I’m bordering on broken-record-ness. God is good. Repeat. Repeat again. What more can I say, really? Well…I don’t know about you, but I am a forgetful,......

Liberation Don’t you ever get tired of, well…yourself? I do. I am. Sometimes as the weight and weary press against my nerves and my heart beats heavy with the mantle......

Wonder Standing in awe, captured by the light, by the glory, by the awesomeness of God. I look to the heavens, to the mountains, to the bursting color of spring......

Even If You Don’t   How can you sing the lyric, “It is well with my soul,” when the answer is long in coming? Or perhaps when the answer is......

How Great Is Your Love He nailed it. I just stood there blinking, struck by the simplicity, wowed by the enormity. I heard it loud and clear. The walls of......