Tag: Faith
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A special message for mothers.
Mother’s Day is more than a holiday, it is a sacred pause. A moment to breathe, remember, and honor the women whose love shaped us in ways words often fail to describe. It is a day to acknowledge the unsung sacrifices, the late-night prayers whispered through tears, the laughter that carried us through dark seasons,…
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As I sit down to write this week’s encouragement, I’ve got my doors open, music on, and I am enjoying the cooler day—knowing it won’t last and summer is just around the corner. Soon I’ll say “so long” to doors being open for a few months and will have to dream of cooler days to…
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The Goliath Factor
Do you ever feel like the battles you face are simply too big, or too much for you to take on? You feel defeated before you even try to win. Sometimes you get up just to get knocked back down again. You hear of other people’s victories and the faithfulness of God, you have even…
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The Holy Spirit & Me
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons (daughters) of God. (Rom 8:14) NKJV. It is God’s desire and design that we are led by Him in our lives. Not only to seek His direction in the big and significant but also in the small details of our everyday…
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Don’t Look Back
Don’t Look Back: Twenty-five years. A quarter century. Looking back, it is hard to see the woman I was—or maybe more accurately, the girl. She was so broken, so addicted, feeling unworthy and unlovable, convinced she was damaged in a way that could never be repaired. She tried to take her life twice, once at…
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When God Closes a Door
A year can change everything. I’m standing in a place today that I never planned to be a year ago—not because I ran from something, not because something went wrong, but because God closed a door I wasn’t expecting Him to close. For a long season, I was serving faithfully in a role I loved.…
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Healing from church hurt without walking away from the church
Let’s start 2026 in the right place. Church hurt is real. It is not imagined, exaggerated, or unspiritual to acknowledge it. Many believers have been wounded not by the world, but by people who carried the name of Jesus. Words spoken carelessly. Authority misused. Grace withheld. Expectations placed on shoulders that were already heavy. For…
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New Year’s Joy
As the year ends and the holidays come to a close, we find ourselves packing away the Christmas decorations and all the “material things” that bring the Christmas Spirit to life in our homes at this time of year. The beautiful music of Christmas carols and the sweet aroma of cookies baking in the oven…
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Living by Trust
The gatherings are behind us now, the lights are dimming, the tree is coming down. Now what? For many days leading up to Christmas, we’re busy with decorating, cooking, and wrapping gifts, and now it seems the world just stopped spinning. Now there’s a hush, a lull hanging in the air, days in our minds…
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Living by Reflection
This Christmas season we pause and reflect on the birth of Jesus, the Savior of the world, born a baby, yet a King. He came from humble means, born on a silent night in the city of Bethlehem, traveling with His mother and father on a donkey to a cold, dark cave of sorts, wrapped…
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