fight back with joy

When You’re Tired of Holding It All Together

I get to make dinner for my family every night. That slight shift in language—“get to” instead of “have to” …

Over the past few years, I have seen cancer invade my friend Rachel’s mom’s body, eventually resulting in the death …

If you lean in close, you can hear it, the wrestling of restless women wanting more than religion. They want …

“Hold space for them.” These words dropped in my spirit last February after teaching at the women’s drug rehab for …

One Saturday, eight years ago, I sat in our screened in porch of our three- bedroom ranch, questioning my faith, …

“I think we should do a calendar together. I’ll paint a watercolor for each month, and you could write a …

Welcome to my Summer Blog Swap. Over the next four weeks, I am inviting four of my writing friends to …

As the calendar flings itself into a new year, I sense the Lord’s leading to uncharted waters. Instead of excitement, …

I’ve spent my entire life apart from extended family. No aunts and uncles living next door. No grandparents to babysit …

I love this time of year. There’s something about the twinkling of the lights from the Christmas tree piercing the …