Is making sugar cookies with the family, caroling at church or binge watching all the Hallmark movies your favorite Christmas tradition?  Or maybe it’s decorating the tree and wearing matching jammies! Wait wait wait, you can’t forget watching Elf and Miracle on 34th Street….awww there are so many! Christmas has become a season of traditions.…

Rather LISTEN than read? Now you can – Click Below! Don’t miss the song at the end of the blog text below. Rut is a habit or pattern of behavior that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change. Have you been there?  Or maybe currently there right now?  Me too. I’ve personally…

Baptism is an outward proclamation of an inward promise to make Jesus Christ your Lord AND Savior.

Do you feel stuck where God has you right now? As if you’re waiting for the next thing because you’re not moving forward?  What if…God has you RIGHT where you are for a reason.  Even in the midst of pain and suffering or simply at a standstill, there is a very specific purpose for where…

1One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to…

LISTEN to Podcast here “…Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace…” Proverbs 3:17 Peace and Quiet. Awww…the dynamic duo every Mom dreams of! As I write these words, my three wildly creative kiddos are building a fort together. Most days, this attempt creates more chaos than concord, but today, I’m…

A question that I’ve been challenged by as we wrap up this year has been, ‘What is my new word for the upcoming year?’  For instance, what is word would I choose for myself to focus and strive for?  Some examples may be, focus, discipline, surrender, etc. As I began praying over the right word to…

That tattered old cardboard box, you know the one. Heaped with random treasures gathering dust on the top shelf in the back closet. On rare occasions curious eyes would see the scribbles ‘Lost & Found’ followed by inquiring hands that would peruse through the loot. Almost never being chosen for a new home, each item…

The ovens preheated timer chimes almost in unison with the coffee pots ‘last call for hot coffee’ beep. Meanwhile my toddler hollers for help building yet another castle, the 3rd of the day and it is only 9:24.   As I scramble from kitchen to toy room I’m reminded of the heaping pile of laundry earnestly…

One windy afternoon my kids asked to fly kites. I’ve only flown a kite ONCE in my entire life.  What could go wrong?  When I found the kites used the previous year, I wanted to toss them in the trash and start new.  The string was knotted on all three kites!  What started as a small…