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Cancer Update: Less Like an Olympian, More Like a Middle School Hurdler
Headed to Cleveland with Tim and my sister, Lisa. If my cancer journey so far could be explained via film, it would be video footage of a middle school track meet hurdles race with everyone in the crowd audibly sympathizing with the last place hurdler as she...
Cancer and the Olympics
Girls, it’s been a challenging month.I was diagnosed with cancer three weeks ago today.I’ve been feeling pretty rough without the energy to write, but I want to get this all out. I keep LEANING IN and asking God for specific requests and you know what? God’s giving me...
Meant to Share
I tend to savor unique and delightful gifts from faraway places, wanting to preserve them for the perfect occasion. Often, I tuck them away, safe from accidental consumption by a hungry teen or the curious fingers coated in banana peel slime of the youngest or the quick-to-dispose hand of a husband who despises cluttered countertops. How I long for the gift to be savored for its worth and not thoughtlessly consumed, damaged, or tossed in the trash. This is why I tuck away such things.
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Deep Roots
My willow tree is my gentle and beautiful warning to dig deeper into the truth today. Instead of distracting avenues of seeming fulfillment, I focus today on deep spiritual truths. For when the storm comes, I want to be found in the pruning and not in the ruining.
Chasing Seagulls
"May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; May his foes flee before him." Psalm 68:1 With Spring Break upon us and so many returning after a warm stay near the beach, I itch to get my own toes in the sand. Last year at the ocean, I vividly remember watching a scene...
FINALLY!
I was born for this. I'm convinced. It's been over a year since inviting a group of women to dive into the Word of God with me IN PERSON! These women leaned in with heavy loads and walked away, arm in arm with each other and in step with Jesus. They confided in each...
Closet Tours
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8 Belly laughs and giggles erupted from our son’s bedroom, so I peered my head around the door jam. Four kids sat on his bed while he proudly displayed a flannel shirt on its...
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Easter 2020: The Women Who Knew
Are you struggling this Easter season with the despair of Covid-19? Be encouraged by the women closest to Jesus who knew despair and clung to Jesus anyway.