Reluctant Leader 10/20/2021 - Feeling reluctant to take the next step? Am I the only one who feels like this? Like these opportunities God calls me to are just more than I’m cut out to do? Don’t answer that. I already know. As far back as Moses, God’s people have reminded Him about why we are woefully unqualified or just plain unwilling to do the job He’s calling us to do. So, yeah. It is safe to assume that you don’t always feel qualified or even inspired to serve either... Read more
Grammy Knows 10/13/2021 - I spent a solid decade of my life calling my sweet Grammy to complain about everything under the sun everyday on my way home from work. My job, dating, my friends, my health. All of it. Trapped in a cycle of self-sabotaging sin with beer goggles on, certain that my issues were the cause of some vendetta the world had against me. And this God-fearing woman had the audacity to listen to all the ways I was drowning and not even toss me an oar. Instead, she’d say something real churchy like “You need to just give it to God,” or “Try spending some time reading your Bible.” And in response I would silently scream at the phone in frustration. But I subconsciously must have seen something in her logic, because I kept coming back for more seemingly unhelpful tips... Read more
The Bar Is Low 10/6/2021 - Have you ever been faced with a task that seemed impossible? A project at work without enough time or manpower to complete before the deadline? Debt payments without enough cash? An undefeated opponent with seemingly no hope for a victory in sight?... Read more
Count Your Blessings 9/29/2021 - Several years back, I was introduced to a book that would impact me like no other book has (besides the Bible, of course). The book is titled, 1000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp. I read the book in a women’s group. At the time I didn’t know it would cause me to slow down and notice that every ordinary moment was truly where you find the extraordinary in the mundane... Read more
What Breaks Your Heart? 9/22/2021 - In January of 2016, Josh Cadwell preached a sermon series called “RE:SOLUTION. He talked about how our NY Resolutions basically ask the same question-“What should I do about me?” And he challenged us to change our thinking from “what needs to me done about me” to “what needs to be done around me?” And then Josh asked THE life changing and somewhat disturbing question. “What breaks your heart?”... Read more