Faith

You’ve made it through every impossible minute you’ve ever faced, with a 100% success rate. You’ve made it because of[...]

I’m swimming in words. I get that way when life gets lifey. A million thoughts, a million feelings that I[...]

I let somebody make me feel small today. They didn’t try to; I just let them. I let someone I[...]

You guys. Mary knew. She knew exactly who Jesus was and what he was sent to do. The angel was[...]

Today’s been a “reheat your coffee nine times” experience, and staring at this mug all day has brought me to[...]

Whether you’re bursting with grateful praise, or finding it hard to even feel thankful for the breath in your lungs,[...]

I was livid at God for cheating me – for taking my baby, for wrecking my body, for smashing my[...]

I’m up… again. Maybe I’m up *still?*. It’s been a week and the days just kind of blur together. This[...]

Truths I Don’t Like #748: I am the villain in someone else’s story. Probably lots of someones, actually. A lifetime[...]

Well, we made it.  Made it through October, I mean.  I know the month's not officially over yet, but we[...]

Yesterday was our daughter’s birthday, which always brings me some extra thoughts and a little grateful overwhelm.  Being entrusted with[...]

I have a present for you!  Well, presents, plural.  PRESENCE, actually. 31 little gifts of presence for the Advent season.[...]

Welcome and thank you to guest author Jennifer Perez! Find her on Facebook @theencouragingmomblog, on Instagram @theencouragingmom, on her blog at[...]

Mothers Day is messy for me, a different kind of wonderful-hard-precious-messy every year. We've all got issues and I know[...]

Today I was supposed to be sharing a message with a community group for the National Day of Prayer. I[...]

I am no stranger to ashes. I whisper a love song to the ashes of the bone of my bone[...]

A friend encouraged me to write on Advent this December, which seemed intriguing, and truthfully a little intimidating.  I’m never[...]

It’s Texas, and it’s still 100 degrees out, with no end in sight.  I love summer, and pool weather, and[...]

There is something wonderfully intimate about written words.  When you look carefully at something handwritten, you can sense feeling in[...]

Things I can control My attitude My spiritual life My communication My health My choices My investment into my relationships[...]

I don’t panic much anymore – life experience has taught me that it’s not much use.  But I panicked this[...]

It's not what you think. I mean, it's a lot of the stuff we assume they're thinking, for sure. And[...]

God isn’t messing around when he says “Hop in, let’s go.” He said it to Noah. He said it to[...]

This post originally appeared as "Nine Years of Grace" on Heartfully Present in January 2019. I promised I would be[...]

My children apparently know how to play MASH. I have no idea where they learned it, but it might be[...]

Sometimes I am the most awesome woman/wife/mother/room mom/entrepreneur/leader/writer. Sometimes I don’t know science and help my child make a school[...]

The house was beautiful. The ocean blue paint was almost dry on the walls, chairs were set in our living[...]

G: Mommy, why can’t we come to re|engage {our marriage group} with you? Me: Because baby, it’s awesome for grown[...]

We’re reading the One Year Bible with a group of amazing people and I can honestly say this is the[...]