May 23, 2020 | Poetry & Prose
When I see anything heart shaped. Or a really beautiful sunrise. Or someone other than me talking really fast and infectiously, joy punctuating each syllable with life and sound. When I see the mountains that surround me I think of my friend. I think of the mountains...
May 12, 2020 | Identity, Influence, Intimacy
I needed the reminder this morning. With a rising mountain of prayer needs and pressing issues, with economic breakdowns and health crises, with the limitations and weakness of our humanity, I just needed Him. He is needed always. But sometimes we forget that Jesus,...
May 10, 2020 | Influence, Poetry & Prose
It is no small thing to release those you love for the sake of the gospel. To relinquish your heart for kingdom come, especially when the comings of those things you treasure most are far between and few, brief moments of respite and ruckus within the lingering grief...
Apr 2, 2020 | Identity, Intimacy
Last night as I finished putting the girls to bed and praying over them, many thoughts filled me. I was experiencing much excitement & relief to finally release in book form the words that have been inside my heart for several years. Yet at the same time...
Mar 24, 2020 | Guest Blogs, Identity, Intimacy
Guest Post by Anna M. Carroll It was on day seven that I found myself alone at the top of a place called Mukawir, a fortress in Jordan belonging to Herod Antipas where John the Baptist was imprisoned and then killed. I had come to Jordan to help in the filming of a...
Mar 18, 2020 | Guest Blogs, Identity
Guest Post by Kelechi Okwu I was born the second of four children, to two Nigerian immigrants, who brought their own culture (even being from two different parts of the same tribe) to America. My parents planted themselves in a predominantly white church (when I say...
Mar 15, 2020 | Guest Blogs, Intimacy, Sweet Spots
Guest Post by Jacqueline Guise The first few weeks in our home waking up each morning there was such an overwhelming sense of thankfulness that the Lord allowed us to build our home how He did. And that we were able to find the property and view that we have. This is...
