Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Devotionals”
It took me a while to land on a word this year. And instead of choosing a million goals this year, I’m building my decisions and time and energy around this simple but impactful word: Intentional. I’m learning a lot about what it means to be intentional. It means a conscious decision to lean in when I would like to …
In 2021, we decided to take a big leap of faith and leave the job that I’d been at for 9.5 years in order for me to be a stay-at-home mom. And then, hello 2022 – supply chain shortages, gas, grocery, and property tax increases. Are you feeling the pinch on your bank account, too? I’ve often wondered if we …
Have you seen the movie, Inside Out? It is a fascinating look at what can happen inside our head using emotions as characters. For many of us, there is a character in our head named ANXIETY, and she is running the show. She is easily fed, isn’t she? Turn on the news. Bam. Anxiety. Scroll through social media. Bang. More …
I have grown a little too talented over the years with worrying more about my to do list than a need in front of me. It’s a problem. As I imagined Mary and Joseph arriving in Bethlehem, I imagine the chaos that must have been this town with everyone coming home. Rome wanted to account for its citizens, and Joseph and …
Two of the most powerful words in the English language are “what if.” Though the Bible gives us incredible detail about the Christmas story, I love imagining what it might have been like for those whose stories were never told. And thus began my journey of studying Christmas through a different lens. The shepherds first stirred my heart a few …
It began with a young couple in front of a camera, fresh from the hipster state of Washington. It’s my favorite part of my job, these interviews. I get to take people’s stories and help them come to life. Yet as we rolled tape and began to dig into their lives, I couldn’t take my eyes off of them. Evidence …
This a reblogged devotional that I wrote for Faith Happenings. IMAGINE. Imagine what it must have been like to stand in the doorway of a little inn in Bethlehem as hundreds flock back to the city of their ancestry. Crowded streets, smelly livestock, rooms overflowing, a pregnant young woman in labor on your porch. The innkeeper’s wife has to send …
I missed this group of women who gather to write for the pure joy of it every Friday. Virtual friends I guess you could say. And today we are writing on a word near and dear to my heart, one that carries weight… FRIEND Everyone has that one summer that changed everything. You know the one I’m talking about. The …
“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.” Anne of Green Gables After a much needed break, it is back at it. Back to writing and editing Shadowed. Back to daily workouts and saying “no” to a few extra events. But all that …