Reflections on Life Seasons
Things I Love For The Nostalgia Factor aka The Blessedly Same
I should probably start with a list of what HASN’T changed for me since January 2018. That list would be a lot shorter. Since January 2018 I’ve moved four times, gotten engaged and married, started (and ended) my career as a nanny, and am now, ever so feebly, beginning a new work as a freelance…
Read MoreDad Jokes & Generational Blessing
No matter the faith journey my siblings and I have taken these Words have left us without a doubt in the existence and goodness of God.
Read MoreSemantics, dear Watson
“You could tell God was active in that church.” “The Holy Spirit is really moving at that youth event.” “We are so thankful to see the Lord show up in this ministry.” I heard versions of these phrases about four zillion times growing up. It was common in the small bible-saturated Indiana town I grew…
Read MoreBe Loved (if You Dare)
In July 2016 I wrote a blog called Be a Friend to Yourself. Learning to be my own friend was the journey I went on that year. As I approached 2017 in my typical goal-oriented way, Jesus and I had a little chat: “Jesus, this year was great! I’m feeling very blessed and hopeful for what…
Read MoreBe a Friend to Yourself
I made it through my first year of post-college life. Man, it was a doozy. This year has been marked by the “hurt-so-good” kind of growth that you love but you hate (ok, mostly hate). The biggest growing pain I’ve felt has been in my relationship with myself. I sure didn’t expect that one. I’ve…
Read More10 Reasons You Need to Stop Feeling Bad for Me for Being Single
If one more person looks at me with sympathetic puppy dog eyes when I tell them that I am, in fact, a single twenty-three year old woman, I will punch them in their face. I do not have a disease. I am single. Ok, so I won’t actually punch them. That’s why I’m writing this…
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