Pondering The Book of Ruth: The Book of Ruth offers hope to anyone who has ever felt like they don’t fit in. The odds were stacked against Ruth in the culture she lived in BUT GOD chose the least likely as a link in the lineage of Christ. The parts of our story that we think disqualify us may be […]
Story behind the painting: When I posted the last batch of ornaments I painted, I had someone order 13 Nativities. The only Nativity in my ornament collection was the black, white and gold silhouette but she was ordering the “colorful ones.” I realized she thought the church ornaments were nativities and just like that, I saw it too. I love it […]
Today is the 9 year anniversary of my “NOTHING BUT NOODLES” lunch. December 7, 2007 is the day a “sleeping giant” awoke in me, the day I surrendered to the Holy Spirit. …the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. 1 John 4:4 NLT That date is also significant because December 7, […]
We are on day 3 of this 31 day journey looking backward in an effort to glean, grow and go forward into 2017! If you are new to the journey today, checkout day 1 and 2 for the foundation for this hindsight writing challenge. I pray you leave encouraged and inspired to start your own year-end review. In looking back, […]
Thank you Shauna Niequist! If we are still letting our past or other people define us, it is our choice! It is our great privilege to choose what narratives we allow to land in our story! I’m choosing who God says I am! #TBH -“to be honest” is the world’s way of crushing us based on personal opinion! TRUTH is […]
These pictures were taken on a mission trip to Uganda in 2013. I traveled with Jesus and the staff of Passion Partners, the global missions organization of Her Passion ministries, founded by Candice Moore (formerly Candice Ashburn). These photographs are relevant to this post because we are actually walking to the town well, and this blog update is the […]
One of my favorite things about Catalyst is that they give a voice to people you may not have heard of, but who are quietly changing the world in the name of Christ, one simple act of kindness at a time! In this case, it is one simple love letter at a time. The girl behind the “love letters” is […]
Disclaimer: the lovely picture included is not from Memphis, but from an Atlanta Beth Moore Conference:) It just makes me smile, so I decided to include my up close and personal with Beth (or her poster:) I was in Memphis this past weekend with one of my Jesus Freak friends. She and I have been to several Beth Moore Conferences […]
