Amid tragedy or loss, a smile can seem almost painful. Amid anger or sin, a smile can feel fake. Amid victory or joy, a smile comes easily and without thought. In a few days, on June 15th, an unusual holiday…
Friends. They make life more colorful, more sweet, more exciting, more fun, more meaningful, more bearable. It has been said that “friends are the family we choose for ourselves.” Some of my closest...
Identity: (noun) the fact of being who or what a person is. Just looking at that definition helps me realize why we as women have such struggles with our own identities. The knowledge that we will be identified…
What next, God? In the last few days, I was privileged to spend some quality time with a group of incredible CRBC women. Five of us are contemplating one of those “Big-O” birthdays. I was the oldest…
Vickey has been a dear friend and ministry partner for two decades. As such, I’ve had the privilege of watching her in and out of some of the most joyful and heart-breaking seasons of her life.
Did you realize that a woman who took part in influencing the history of Christianity in modern western society is someone you’ve likely never heard of? She lived in the rural village of Epworth, England in…
Prayer. Of all the spiritual disciplines, this is the one I’ve needed the most help with as an adult. Sounds odd coming from a wordy girl with a college degree in Interpersonal Communication, yet it has been…
This morning as I write to you, sitting in my office surrounded by windows, I see the beginning of a revival! A revival of the tiny flowers planted one by one last year that I could’ve sworn had died.
