I’m a worship leader by trade, and for the past year or so, music has been hard for me. I know this probably seems strange coming from someone whose career is fully entrenched in music, but at some point, it simply stopped bringing me joy and started to feel like work. This medium from which…
“This is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another” (1 John 3:11 ESV). A hand-painted sign above my front door reads “Love one another” in elegant script. While the lettering and words are beautiful, I have the sentiment displayed there not because I like how it looks,…
It’s the eve of our twentieth wedding anniversary, and we are supposed to be celebrating in Hawaii. Instead, we are in a somewhat messy house with a new baby and three boys. I get stressed about these things. I was raised by southern women, and a messy house is, in my family, a faux pas….
For several years, five of my dearest friends and I celebrated an annual ritual that still fills my heart with gratitude and delight. Each New Year’s Eve, we trekked to a local horse farm on the outskirts of town, Bibles and journals in tow. Together, we reflected on the year gone by. What had we…
We can’t dance. You might even use the word terrible if you saw us trying. I’ve always blamed it on a lack of practice rather than a lack of skill. Scott and I were high school sweethearts who attended all our Christian high school’s formal banquets together. I shopped for the perfect dress, stocked up…
Most girls grow into womanhood viewing love through the eyes of Cinderella. A princess’s expectation takes shape with the influence of Hollywood, the music industry, and romance novels. Idealistic, with whimsical dreams, a princess is vulnerable and naïve. Convinced Prince Charming will “complete” her, she awaits her knight in shining armor. Here’s the problem: Cinderella’s magical conviction…