12 Verses About The Lord is Our Keeper
Whether your season is full of joy or ambiguity, you may rest in the knowledge that the Lord is Your Keeper.
One-Step Towards Progress
What one-step could pivot your life towards progress? One-step toward progress starts with a small beginning. One-step might be all it takes to rekindle a dream, spark creativity, or reevaluate shelved goals.
God Does Not Change
Unlike us, God never changes. He never has an off day. His mood never fluctuates. He never wakes up on the grumpy side of the bed, because He never sleeps or slumbers (Psalm 121: 3-4). He does not have bad days, dreadful weeks, or hormonal changes. In this time of uncertainty, one thing is certain; God Does Not Change.
4 Lessons from the Sunflower Farm
Last fall I photographed my niece’s senior pictures at a sunflower farm. The sunflowers, which earlier faced east, now faced west toward the setting sun. Upon reflection, I discovered four lessons from the sunflower farm.
Jesus, Coffee, & Afternoon Naps
Over the past five years, I have walked through a hell of uncertainty and pain, yet held a hallelujah in my heart. It has taken me five years to develop the solution for a complicated life: Jesus, Coffee, & Afternoon naps.
Making Sense of Setbacks
I am in a reflective mood. I’m making sense of setbacks, praising God for my present messy life, and pondering His plans for my future. Four years ago today, I stepped away from my full time pharmacist gig for what I thought was a temporary medical leave of...
The Joyful Table
The Joyful Table: Local mom fosters children and creativity with her Pinterest inspired craft parties.
Mercy for Meh Days
Have you ever felt meh? Meh is the verbal expression equivalent to a shrug of the shoulders. Meh days can result from physical, emotional, or spiritual battles. For those of us suffering a chronic illness, meh days are usually a combination of two or more of these...
15 Awesome Friendship Quotes
August is a month of friendships. Students return to school forming new friendships and renewing others. In honor of friendship, here is a list of my fifteen favorite quotes on friendship.
More for Mom Living Your Whole and Holy Life by Kristin Funston |Book Review
Real-life talk. Witt. Biblical truth Kristin Funston delivers refreshing grace for the daily grind of motherhood. Written in a conversational style, More for Mom Living Your Whole and Holy Life feels like a back porch conversation with a longtime friend. She shares...
3 Tips to Overcoming Bible Study Obstacles |Guest post by Author Leah Lively
In today's post, Leah Lively shares tips on overcoming Bible study obstacles. Leah and I briefly met before her family moved to the Louisianan bayous. Years later, their family moved back to the east coast with her husband's career. Between surviving gulf coast...
Spiritual Fitness Tracker
Triumphant faith presses on. Mysterious medical marvels occurred during my fourth decade of life; a genetic illness, Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis which had been dormant in my past triggered on. In addition, my estrogen levels and metabolism plummeted while hot...
Ransomed by Grace: Surviving Pulmonary Embolisms
Innumerable pulmonary embolisms (blood clots) in my lungs held my life at ransom. But grace, God’s grace paid the price. April 14, 2018, I left the Radiant Roanoke Women’s Conference early. My chest hurt and I found it difficult to breathe. Once home, I slept for...
Avoiding the Comparison Trap
I'm learning to avoid the comparison trap. I am still adjusting to this stay-at-home-mom gig. This wasn’t part of my plan. Nor was the unexpected illness that put me here. It’s been thirty-four months and eleven days since I was medically forced to walk away...
We Never Walk Alone
This year, I told my kids if they missed the bus they would walk to school. Situated on the outskirts of our neighborhood the middle and high school buildings are a twenty-minute walk from our home. Today, Rachel missed the bus. Because it is picture day, I offered...
