One of the things that has kept me writing for the last few years has been Five Minute Fridays. Even…

Sometimes I feel faraway from the world around me. Like I don’t quite fit. But how can I connect with…

This is the first year that we’ve begun getting a harvest of blueberries and strawberries in our garden. My strawberries…

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. I say that a lot. I feel justified in saying it…

How Being Present Promotes a Life of Celebration My middle child loves to eat. He’s the least picky of my…

I accepted a job last week. I wasn’t actively looking for one, and it’s very part time but it seemed…

I find myself in a phase of holy discomfort. I feel like I’ve run into a wall in my life,…

I’ve been thinking a lot about impact lately. The college I graduated from put great focus on doing work with…

I live in a culture that is very results oriented. We try to quantify everything into measurable units so we…

My husband and I joke that we almost never call each other by our first names. I don’t know why,…

  I am a pretty low maintenance person. My makeup routine during my high school years was minimal, unless I…

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the different names of God that appear in the Bible, especially the Hebrew…

photo courtesy of Twinkle Photo   I was recently able to share with my MOPS group some of my thoughts…

It’s the end of the year. When holiday sales declare “You NEED this and if you don’t buy it now,…

Last month I shared that our family would be embarking on a first time ever no spend month. I was…

  I told myself this year would be different. I would be less stressed out and I’d engage more. But…

I spend money every day. You probably do too. Sometimes it’s boring things like rent, mortgage and utilities, or necessary…

I don’t know what’s next. At the beginning of 2023, we starting calling this our year of Jubilee. I turned…