(Repost) The Heart of Palm Sunday

Pausing to Celebrate

I haven’t been posting as frequently as I desired, but I’m sharing the latest from my world and what I’m celebrating.

How Are You Leaning?

I was pleasantly surprised when some of you asked about my word for this year. I write, and it is always encouraging when people interact with my me. My word for 2025 is “plumb line.” I knew a deeper recalibration was happening and necessary in my walk with Jesus. As I prayed and pondered it, […]

A Mystery Worth Pondering in 2025

Happy New Year! 2025 is especially exciting for our family because our daughter graduates high school this spring! As a homeschooling mom, this is extra exciting for us all! Since 2012, I have sought the Lord for a word of the year and an accompanying verse. Some years, the word comes easily, and others require […]

Update: Day 348 of 2024

I’ve meant to write an update on The Bible Recap (TBR) for months. I am still keeping up with the plan and enjoying it very much. It is a chronological Bible plan to complete the Bible in one year. I access the plan through The Bible App but check out https://www.thebiblerecap.com/start to learn more. The […]

I’m Back! (Update)

I never intended to be away this long. I have been busy with life, ministry, and fostering kittens. (The last kitten went to its forever home this morning.) I’m still enjoying The Bible Recap and just finished Day 181! My daughter’s junior year of homeschooling kept us quite busy. In addition to homeschooling, I facilitated […]

Tending the Garden of Our Heart More in 2024

Happy New Year! It is the first day of 2024, which can bring various feelings, depending on the previous year and your emotional state. I’m recovering from a cold that passed through our kids and, despite my best attempts at immune-boosting supplements, rudely interrupted my weekend. A slower pace after the busyness of Christmas and […]

Don’t Forget to Celebrate This

Today is Reformation Day, often overshadowed by other cultural festivities that involve costumes and candy. 😀 On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther released 95 powerful statements defending authentic Christian faith against misleading religious practices. His actions inspired countless believers to pursue true repentance and a biblical foundation for their faith. Luther recaptured the biblical view […]

Goal #2: Resurrection Power & Suffering

Please take a moment and think of a Christian you respect and admire, someone worthy of emulating for how they follow Jesus. Seriously, picture this person and think about their testimony. I’m guessing they have walked through challenging seasons and overcome a thing or two or ten! They paid a price for the wisdom they […]

Goal #1: Boast In Jesus & Grow In Knowledge

I don’t watch the news, but plenty of negative reports flood social media about all the bad in the world —what the enemy is doing. The world’s cries flaunt death, turmoil, chaos, wars, and rumors of wars ad nauseam. It is far too easy for even Christians to get caught up in the current negativity […]

Vision: More Than a Blog, Building A Faith Community

It has been in my heart to share my hopes for building a community of believers in Jesus to encourage each other to go deeper and after ‘the more’ of God so we can better serve our families, churches, and spheres of influence. I am a member of a beautiful, life-giving, Christ-honoring home church (North […]

The Reality of Spiritual Warfare

I’m convinced now more than ever that Christians need accurate theology and biblical understanding for this unique historical time. We need to clearly understand the worth of Jesus and give our full yes to following Him no matter the cost, like true disciples. Claiming the name of Christ is an act of war in the […]

Reflections On The Fire Within

It’s so easy for Christians to be overly focused on who we are as people in the natural that we forget the reality of who lives in us and that we have been born again as a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). We are NOT who we once were, and that is why […]

Reflections On Reaching A Breaking Point

Everyone has a breaking point, which is good and necessary for maturity in Christ. I know because I have been broken, shattered beyond what I thought was repairable. Something happened when I realized I was in a process beyond my control. I surrendered to Jesus in a new way, yielded because I had come to […]

Tips For Remodeling Your Interior World

Way back in high school, I remember when they took the roof off of our house and added three bedrooms and a bathroom. The framing of this new level went up before our eyes, and it was so exciting to see so much progress so quickly. Then the windows went in, and the siding went […]

The Deeper Invitation of Shelter in Place

It’s not very often that a show your family has been watching ends, and everyone looks at each other with surprise and disappointment that it is over! However, this has consistently been our experience as my family and I enjoyed all eight episodes of The Chosen. WHAT IS THE CHOSEN? “The Chosen is the first-ever-multi-season […]