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January 2023

January 11, 2023

All I Thought I Knew

Looking back through journals. All the prayers. All the crying out to God. Years. And...

December 2022

December 30, 2022

I Changed My Mind About Spanking

"Choose your weapon." A mentor of mine told me she used to say it to...

November 2022

November 17, 2022

Is This A Race?

Is he running hard after God? Are you running hard after God? Would you like...

October 2022

October 19, 2022

Are We All Just Sitting Ducks?

We attended a college conference in 2006, where John Piper said if we listen to...

August 2022

August 08, 2022

Is My Faith Being Destroyed?

Destroyed or Deconstructed. I just noticed these are two different words… Although I would say...

July 2022

July 28, 2022

All of These Years and He Never Told Me?

Kev just schooled me on the topic of “grace”. I was sitting out here on...

July 26, 2022

Here’s The Dilemma

Somewhere along the line, I learned to beat myself up. Put myself down. The more...

July 22, 2022

What Are We Spreading Around?

It’s a beautiful day. The sun is shinning. Kids are playing across the street. There...

July 20, 2022

So, Why Isn’t All of This God Stuff Working for You?

I sat across from my friend. We had met at the studio where our daughters...

July 19, 2022

When Nothing Makes Sense

Lots of tears last therapy session. Ugly crying, in fact. “I just don’t get it”....

July 11, 2022

It’s So Much Simpler Than We Make It Out to Be

I’ve always been known for hearing a teaching and being able to spew it all...

July 07, 2022

When The Lines Begin To Blur

I’m a performer. Always have been. The baby of our family. Always being told what...

May 2022

May 10, 2022

Please Be Pleased With Me God

Striving This is how I used to spend my mornings with God My “quiet times”...

April 2022

April 25, 2022

Fitting In

Misfit. Imposter. Too much. Not enough. Too old. Too young. Always there. Never belonging. Walking...

March 2022

March 27, 2022

There’s No Turning Back (and no reason why I would ever want to)

I can't un-know all I know. I can’t un-see all I’ve seen. There’s no turning...

January 2022

January 20, 2022

Is Anyone Seeing Me?

How did I do it? How did we do it? Just sat there. Week after...

January 18, 2022

Does God Take All the Fun Out of It?

Fun. I love fun. Fun is good. I’m having to relearn this. When I was...

January 05, 2022

Finding A Safe Space

I lost my voice. I knew it was coming. I went beyond the point of...

January 03, 2022

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear

So why has most of my Christian faith been based on fear? I’m not even...

December 2021

December 11, 2021

How Did We Get Here?

Don’t do this. Don’t do that. Don’t think of a big pink elephant. Yep. Just...

December 06, 2021

Sexy? Really?

I watched Matt Chandler say what he said. I watched it more than a few...

November 2021

November 18, 2021

Why Are We All So Afraid?

Someone listen. Please. Anyone. Why does it seem like everyone around me has their head...

October 2021

October 07, 2021

The Deep Dive

Currently sitting up in my bed overlooking the resort pool in Las Vegas. Last day...

October 03, 2021

Following The Leader?

Do what I say, not what I do. I’m sad this Sunday morning. Sitting in...

September 2021

September 26, 2021

I Couldn’t Stay Quiet Any Longer

"I feel like I’m jumping off a cliff". These were my words to Kev in...

September 24, 2021

When It All Began to Unravel

Why are evangelical christians so gullible? Prone...

September 23, 2021

Just Go Ahead and Leave Your Brain at the Door

I can’t trust myself. This is what I was taught....

September 13, 2021

I Labeled Myself A Loser

I used to use my “depravity” as an...

September 08, 2021

Who’s Leading Who?

I used to tell my husband he needed to lead me. Let me say it...

September 05, 2021

The Day my Faith Became Driven by Fear (a letter to myself)

Dear Little Karen, You are gonna be ok....