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October 2012

October 01, 2012

Meet Fred.

Recently, I was asked to write a blog post about a Minister I have learned...

September 2012

September 21, 2012

Minister Mama No More

Seems to me when we flip our lives right side up we move in fear...

September 10, 2012

Who is this A.P.E.?

When I started in campus ministry several years ago, I was 18, unmotivated, and a...

September 07, 2012

Don’t Do Ish You’ll Regret…Like I Do

I did something so profoundly stupid I'm convinced it's going to remain in the top...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

Someone had the nerve to say marriage was easy and I have a response

I was aghast, my friends. Aghast when I came across this post called: The 'Just...

August 18, 2012

When Jesus Journaled About Me, Here’s What He Said

Let's face it, y'all. It's easier for us to believe that God is a pissed-off,...

July 2012

July 18, 2012

A Love/Hate Letter to my Body

Oh body, oh body, oh body, Man, have we had a rough 5-6 years or...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

The One in Which My Mouth was Wide Open Because I Witnessed a Miracle (and you can too)!

Back in 1996, at the ripe impressionable age of 19 I went to a large...

June 12, 2012

Don’t Value Success over Significance

A few weeks after my Dad died, my brother called and said 'I think there's...

June 10, 2012

Is Depression a 1st world problem?

It took me almost a year to build up the courage to finally share my...

June 02, 2012

When the people you love are lying through their nasty teeth

I watched The Truman Show tonight while I was pretending to get some work done....

May 2012

May 31, 2012

I cursed God like Job’s miserable wifey

I am losing something. It's dying. It's not someone but it is something very important...

May 17, 2012

Would you sit with me for an hour? + win a $10 Starbucks gift card

Would you sit with me for an hour? First things first: I know what your...

May 14, 2012

when facing change

I'm facing change and like you may have guessed, yes I'm pretty much terrified. Most...

May 10, 2012

A Dream Day – {1st ever VLOG – Video Log}

All right all ready I'm jumping on the vlog train. Here's 1 min. and 42...

April 2012

April 25, 2012

Where Does God Talk To You?

God is fond of talking to me at two inconvenient times: when I’m in the...

April 24, 2012

Like a Good Bra or a Good Boob…a Good Friend

An email from someone who loves me very much... "You have my permission to be...

April 11, 2012

The One in Which I’m Pretty Sure I’m Complaining and Feeling Sorry for Myself.

I've been doing a lot of never-give-up tweets or facebook status updates. Even my Google+...

April 02, 2012

How I Wrote My Way to $12,000 Buck-A-Roos (And Another Great Opportunity)

Have I...? Last week, I failed a writing contest to be featured in a Women's...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Prepping Easter

My little Easter eggs.. My boys are exactly 4 years apart --within three days-- so...

March 15, 2012

“May you live in interesting (pornographic) times.” -Chinese Proverb

Okay, so I revised it. The real proverb is "May you live in interesting times." ...

March 06, 2012

anxious vacation

I left for Caleeeeeeeefornia (as the 6 yr. old would say) last Friday. The plan...

March 01, 2012

Screwing 2012

I'm still screwing 2012. I started weight watchers online to begin this new journey, and...

February 2012

February 23, 2012

Lent

Being a Minister by vocation does not mean I'm up on every important event in...

February 16, 2012

adventures

First for everything! My first time blogging mid-flight, Dallas to Detroit! Although I think I'm...

February 11, 2012

A mash-up for feeling like a caged animal

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I'm not who I thought was, and that...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

Screw 2012, I’m getting healthy for 2021

In the past few months I've told you how I'm a chunk monster, how Pinterest...

January 19, 2012

you can’t tame this sexy beast

This morning after I dropped the kiddo's off at school and daycare I was fully...

January 10, 2012

I’m not who I thought I was

Yesterday I tweeted "I'm not who I thought I was." I wasn't trying to be terribly...

January 05, 2012

Cry, Shrew, CRY!

Yesterday, I did it, y'all. I worked out for a solid 20 minutes for the...

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