Find the cause you were created for: start by saying YES
When was the last time you said YES to something that you felt totally unqualified for? Were you nervous? Anxious? Did you go back and forth between saying yes and
God doesn’t want us to get stuck scratching our heads or over-analyzing our circumstances. When you’ve got a guide you can trust, you don’t have to worry about the path you’re on.
Swaziland captured my heart from the first moment I arrived. I was enamored. With the beauty. With the people. With the weather. In the time that I lived there, I
God isn’t always leading us to the safest route forward but to the one where we’ll grow the most. He speaks most clearly in the stillness that desperation brings and He’s hoping we’ll return more dependent on him.
As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, I LOVE my bed. I have the absolute BEST mattress (hello, Purple!), a bazillion pillows, blankets from Mexico and a duvet that my
God often uses what we’re good at to guide us into what we do next.
My friends and family stay on me to make sure that I don’t take on too much. Because I LOVE to use my spiritual gifts to glorify the Lord. And
When our faith gets tested, we have the chance to grow. God guides us to uncomfortable places because He knows most of us are too afraid to seek them out ourselves.
Not too long ago I was encouraged by a leader in my church to share my ‘sufferings’ with the people I do life with so that they see that [my]
Filling the hole in the family structure
There is a HUGE hole in the family structure. Men have disappeared and are not fathering their children. So….. boys aren’t being taught to be men, by men. They are
Respond to a child with trauma informed LOVE
At the beginning of the summer, I made plans to take some kiddos to CiCi’s Pizza and SkyZone. I had been promising one of the 9-year old boys that if
Start with the basics…physical and emotional safety are paramount
A few years ago I had the opportunity to travel to Kabul to work with some of the most talented colleagues that I’ve ever had the honor to work with. We
Infusing the Next Generation with the Hope of Christ
I’m exhausted because well, kids. I took a break from writing because well, kids. My house is a mess because well, kids (and the dog…..oh man, y’all the dog…he pooped
God is on the MOVE, in a big way in Charlotte.
I believe in the power of specific, fervent prayers. God wants us to know what we are asking for and why (and when we don’t know, or can’t articulate, the