the steadfast love

I started attending church as a newborn in the early 90s. I grew up there. My church was small, family oriented and tightly knit. My church family felt like actual family, and not only because my actual family made up nearly half of the congregation. I remember going to Sunday school, hearing all of the […]

for the anxious bride

I got married five months ago and it has taken that long to fully recover from eight months of stress and planning. It was a nearly perfect day that I wish I could relive a hundred times, because it truly was magical, but all of my concerns about the day being perfect and the hypothetical […]

Health is not hard

This is a small dose of uncomfortable truth that I’m going to type as loud as I can because I want to share what I know and inspire some healthy lifestyle changes for anyone who might be able to use them, and because many of us live in denial of our deteriorating health under the […]

do not conform

Humanity is out of control, obviously. What has really been distressing me lately though is how deeply self-proclaimed Christians have fallen into modern western culture. From burying ourselves in debt, believing in and working for the American dream of wealth and success that has been spoon fed to us since birth, to pride, greed, idolatry […]

decisions based on altruism

In person conversations and online rants both do a good job of demonstrating how passionate people are when it comes to their personal beliefs, moral values and political stances. That passion and involvement can be a good thing, but only when it comes from a good place. People can sometimes become radical about things they […]