God isn’t like me. He doesn’t have tunnel vision for what I get wrong. He can assess not focus solely on what needs improvement.

God measures differently than we do. He isn't limited by time and sees the product while I'm still looking at the tiny seed.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue. That's what the author of Proverbs tells us, and the Message translation makes it very...

Eleanor Roosevelt prayed this prayer nightly. I love it. I am going to steal it for the next ten days and I'm inviting you to join me....

We read too much condemnation over ourselves in scripture, and we miss keywords like “practice”. God never asks us to be perfect.

Planting seeds inevitably changes my feelings about rain.

Looking forward from 45 is not as fun as it was when I was looking forward from 18. There are less events on the horizon that seem...

Motherhood is not for the faint of heart. Our culture tells us that we need to maintain our selves when Jesus calls us to die to ourselves.

God doesn't just forgive our sin, He can use our repentance to bring us closer and renew us.

Today is the beginning of Lent, which means Easter is right around the bend. Easter is my favorite holiday hands-down! I have a challenge...

Why do I choose other peoples words and allow them to speak over me more than I choose God’s words?

More than just a resolution, when I pick a word for the year it helps me focus. It streamlines my goals. We take in so much information...

Give yourself a minute. Process Christmas because it's always a mixture of beautiful and hard, lovely and hustle. We don't let ourselves...

Waiting creates space. It creates stillness. Outside things stop, lesser things are pushed aside. We can either fill this space in our...

The season of advent is all about waiting because advent itself means arrival. We are all waiting on the arrival of something from God,...

We may not have said this, but we have thought it at some point. As we age, we have been disappointed enough that we want to guard...

Jesus, you can take the wheel. Also, can you help me let go of it? Thanks.

We have twenty-four hours in a day... that’s it. We never get twenty-five. Sixty minutes in every hour of our lives. No matter how hard...

I always feel like I need to figure things out. My brain rarely stops calculating and planning. I waste so much energy trying to...

Caleb and I made muffins yesterday. The simple act of having him help me reminded me of something I am quick to forget. God doesn't need...