There is a line so thin it almost doesn’t exist. On one side: contentment. On the other: complacency. And most of us are living somewhere in between—telling ourselves we’re at peace, when in reality we’ve just stopped moving. The Beauty of True Contentment Contentment is powerful. It’s grounded. It’s steady. It says: I am grateful [...]
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ZEAL: The Quiet Fire That Changes Everything
Every personality test I’ve ever taken puts the word zeal somewhere near the top for me. Wholehearted. Driven. Purpose-centered. It’s almost funny how consistent it is—this theme of having a big, bright internal fire. I am passionate. But here’s the truth no test captures: Even the most zealous person gets tired. Especially in December. Between [...]
Correcting Kids
When a Child Corrects You: Accountability, Respect, and Grace Recently, a child corrected me. I work with kids for a living so this is not a new thing for me. As the old saying goes " Kids say the darn'est things". But then after this initial incident my own kid corrected an adult and I [...]
When to Leave, when you’ve been taught to STAY
In a "cancel society" it is easy to shut people, organizations, and differing ideas out in the name of "our health". Giving people an "out" on thinking differently, pushing through hard, loving our spouses over divorcing, and choosing church over our couches. So I want to be very clear when tackling this topic. Does the Bible talk about walking away and if it does when do we do it?
False Prophets
The Media has been toting all kinds of propaganda and lies. This is not new. It also is not something that will go away. So how do we differentiate what is real, what is false, what has a deceitful agenda backing it and what is true versus lucky options coming to pass? Sometimes we want [...]
Blessings
"A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." Luke 6:45
Justification
A friend of mine and I were talking the other day and she said “I’m home right now, and I don’t need to have a blog to justify it.” It struck a cord with me. I felt like I had been slapped. I have a blog. This blog create's zero income for my family at [...]
Identity
Just a few short years ago I went through a massive personal crisis. I had given up my life career to take on another dream. Motherhood. I loved it. I had prayed for it. I was living it the absolute best way too. I mean, I knew my kids sleep schedules, I faithfully read to [...]
Celebrate Now!
Life can be so hard at times. Things can be thrown at you that you are unprepared for, and that knocks the wind right out of you. Things that despite your best efforts you have no control over. I have a saying personally about this. "We don't get to write our stories. God does that. [...]
Believe
The Holidays roll around and with it a word. Sometimes whispered sometimes punched out on a Polar Express Ticket and sometimes shouted out by a toddler. The word is "Believe". It is suppose too evoke a kind of magical awe in the individual saying it and encourage them. But what if it is hard to [...]
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