Recently I have had the same conversation with two different friends. Both friends were going through a season of confusion and pain and they are hurting. Both friends wanted something and God seemed to be saying no, or wait, or nothing at all. Both friends were praying for God to answer their prayers with a…

I am so excited to announce that I’ve been working on a coaching group session and the details are finally coming together! I’ve been working behind the scenes on writing a workbook on boundaries. I had a client recently that I coached through some boundaries and out of that session the workbook was born. A…

The book of Ephesians has been so close to my heart these days. I can’t stop talking about it and meditating on truth after truth as I see it in my daily life. Today I wanted to share some thoughts I have on Paul’s first prayer found in chapter 1. To give a little context, the…

I’m reading a book by Donald Miller right now and there’s a quote that I can’t get out of my head. The book is about business, so it’s not speaking specifically about our christian walks, but I couldn’t help but see how applicable it was to my faith journey. “I’ve learned most situations we believe…

In case you didn’t know, I’ve been a pastor’s wife almost my entire marriage. When Isaac and I met he was in school for ministry, and we never changed course. We got married while Isaac was still taking classes, and he worked part time at a church. It was actually a church plant, and for…

Recently, our pastor mentioned the scene in Luke 3 where Jesus was baptized. He was using the story as an example in his sermon but my mind was hijacked. I was struck by the thought that God was pleased with Jesus before he began his official ministry. The thought has been swirling in my mind…

Last week I was privileged to co-speak with my husband Isaac at our church’s youth event. It was an all campus event with all three campuses coming together to worship and play and eat, all the fun things. It was a wonderful event and there was lots of life change. It was so exciting to…

This year I decided that I was going to say yes to any and all opportunities that God brought my way. I was going to say yes to even the things that scared me and I didn’t want to do, while keeping my priorities and current responsibilities in tact. God has brought so many speaking…

This winter, I’m teaching a bible study at my church. I’m teaching five times January through March through the book of Ephesians. The first session of our study we walked through the first chapter and the beginning of chapter two. We spent the first part of our time walking through the identity declarations that Paul describes…