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July 2016

July 28, 2016

Worth It: Reflections on Twelve Years of Marriage

July 17th was Ben and my twelfth wedding anniversary. 14ish years together. I used to...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

My Best Instead

There's no point in lying, life hasn't been easy lately. My husband is working a...

October 2014

October 15, 2014

Answered Prayer 2014 No. 12

It's the middle of October now and I've only been tracking answered prayers since January,...

September 2014

September 02, 2014

New Adventure

On Monday we started educating our girls at home. We hired a wonderful gal to...

August 2014

August 11, 2014

Soul Food

This is it!! This is what I am coming to understand that seems too good...

June 2014

June 23, 2014

To the Pregnant Woman Without Options

A long time ago – 31 years this August, there was a woman just...

May 2014

May 07, 2014

Answered Prayers 5 & 6

Today, last year, I wrote this regarding the death of my best friend: Since...

April 2014

April 10, 2014

Two Years Later

My youngest turned 2 today. He is so old and so young all at once....

April 07, 2014

Anger

I am reading Rid of My Disgrace right now, which is a solid (albeit emotionally...

March 2014

March 22, 2014

Lenten Reflection from Fujimura

"In John 12, it is written that “Lazarus was one of those reclining with...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

Fight for Us

Fight for Us ↑ This post is incredibly encouraging. The last month has been a tough...

February 24, 2014

Salted

This sermon hit me pretty hard today. Listening through it (we missed church the Sunday...

February 21, 2014

Don’t Waste Your ____________

"Cancer does not win if we die. It wins if we fail to cherish Christ."-John...

February 19, 2014

Anxiety: Sin, Disorder, or Both?

This is something I have a lot of experience with. I've fought with "normal" levels...

February 18, 2014

Good Housekeeping: Making the Most of Your Mission Field

My head hits a mountain of clean laundry that is waiting to be folded on...

February 10, 2014

You Need to Sleep

God created us this way. Just like oxygen and food, we need sleep to work...

February 04, 2014

Answered Prayer No. 4

Today, I expected to see the lump that my doctor found a couple of weeks...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Going All In for 2014

There are a lot of joggers running by my house today. More than usual —...

December 27, 2013

This is the Christian Life

The sum of the Christian life is to believe Jesus and love others. These two...

December 16, 2013

MacArthur on Integrity

Ethical integrity is one of the indispensable attributes of Christlike character. As vital as it...

December 15, 2013

Priorities

If you can keep Christ at the center of your day...you will find that the...

December 04, 2013

Death of a Salesman

This year, I was told repeatedly that my "noisy" approach to Christian living would discourage...