A new year can mean a fresh start, an opportunity to reflect on the past, and a call to look forward to the future. It’s also time for one of my favorite traditions – choosing my #oneword for the year. Inspired by Margaret Feinberg in 2017, I chose breathe. My words since then have been: … Continue reading Freedom
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Come to Jesus
I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to this next season and chapter called 2024! But first, check out this timely guest blog from Laci! “The weary world rejoices.” This is a line from my all-time favorite Christmas song, O Holy Night. The beautiful vocals and fascinating lyrics of this song get me … Continue reading Come to Jesus
No Offense
To be completely honest, I had an entirely different topic that I’d planned to write about this week. I had it mostly laid out in a rough draft, and even an idea for a song I thought would be good to write with it. But that will have to be for another time, because I … Continue reading No Offense
Shake off the Dust
The time has come to shake it off… cue Taylor Swift 😂 It’s time to shake off the dust. “Awake, awake, O Zion, clothe yourself with strength. Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again. Shake off your dust; rise up, sit enthroned, … Continue reading Shake off the Dust
To Whom It May Concern
To any reading this who are victims, to those who have faced impossible circumstances and devastating trials: I just want to say how proud I am of you. You are so brave. You did whatever you could to survive. What happened to you is not okay. That friend should not have betrayed you. That family … Continue reading To Whom It May Concern
Secrets + Shame
“The Secrets of Hillsong” + “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets”... Wow. Two documentaries that have more in common than you think. So many secrets; so much shame. Have you watched them yet? What are your thoughts? I avoided both of them at first, but afterward I was honestly glad I watched them. Hear me: … Continue reading Secrets + Shame
Always Pray, Don’t Give Up
Sometimes this season feels like swimming underwater, holding my breath, just trying not to drown. There are these beautiful moments of seeing the sun and breathing deep, but then the weight of the world pushes me back under. Sometimes it feels like a roller coaster of emotions, like a continuous a tidal wave of grief … Continue reading Always Pray, Don’t Give Up
My Race to Run 