“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” ~John F. Kennedy Ribbon Jell-O. Thanksgiving is fast-approaching, and due to the very nature of the holiday, thoughts of all the blessings in our lives likely come flooding to our minds. Our…
A few weeks ago, I watched an Apple documentary called The Elephant Queen, about an elephant tribe’s journey from the wilderness of the desert land to the “king land.” This tribe had a matriarch or queen leading them on their journey to find land with plentiful food and clean water. Traveling to this promised land,…
Just typing the title of this post feels overwhelming. To be honest, the days when I feel grateful for my singleness don’t come often. Because of that, I wonder if I’m even qualified to write about this topic. I write from somewhere along the journey rather than at a destination. Maybe that’s the point, though….
The greatest gift I’ve ever given myself was the bravery to press into pain and the freedom to heal from it. And it’s exactly what I want for you. It’s why I wrote Brave Enough to Be Broken. It almost feels like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Like brave and broken shouldn’t be in the same…
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts . . . And be thankful” (Col. 3:15 ESV). Let’s just begin here by being honest: it’s not always easy to carry the peace of Christ in our hearts. How can we possibly harbor peace–the divine, eternal variety–in our hearts, when we’re living in a world that…
“Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story– those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, those he gathered from the lands, from east to west, from north and south.” (Ps. 107:2-3 NIV) The longer I live, love, read, explore, and dig deeper into the things that make my heart sing or cry,…