My kitchen is the heart of my home. It’s where my little family of four sits down to every meal, it’s where we do homework, it’s where I...

In humiliation I cried at work this morning. I walked around my office building this morning to stretch my legs for a few minutes.  I...

My pastor has said, “If you want to know the condition of your heart then look at your checkbook.” He is suggesting where you spend your...

I remember vividly a few years ago I was fussing at my husband for forgetting to do something I had repeatedly asked him to do. When he...

Christ came to earth for one reason, to give His life for ours. Christ went to the cross and took on ALL of humanity’s despair, all our...

Originally published to Faithfully Failing Facebook January 25th, 2019 Today I am not OK. Today I feel blah. I woke up, put on my...

A kind word can not solve every problem but it can certainly change someone’s heart in the moment. At lunch today if you see an...

I have a past of memories and guilt…from a life before I gave my life to Jesus. I thought for years that my feelings of guilt were...

When we were newlyweds my husband lost his job. We nearly lost our marriage in those first months under the stress. God led him to...

She took this photo six years ago. Shortly before this photo I stood in a hair salon and wept at her beauty when she stepped out of the...

I am absolutely thrilled for her, but I know the hard weeks she has ahead of her. All through her pregnancy I have used the words...

A friend of mine is buying a new house. A house in a neighborhood I love. A house that has everything (I think) mine is missing. A house...

I begged God through years of infertility to make me a mother. I prayed on my knees in darkness with tear soaked cheeks. I called out to...

I am a runner, not the kind that ties on overpriced Nike’s and hits the pavement, but the kind of runner that when the going gets tough,...

This week’s sermon at church was so timely to this moment in my life. Don’t you love how you show up sometimes and you feel like the...

Today in the south it was glorious! After a long couple weeks of wet and cold we finally had sunshine and 70 degree weather. I work at...

Why don’t you do Santa?  What is your scriptural basis? My husband and I take our responsibility seriously to ensure our girls trust us...

“Hey, how are you?” It seems in our culture that is the standard greeting almost anywhere you go, walk into to work, “hey, how are you” –...

I did not grow up in a Christian home.  I am not one of those kids that grew up hearing the bible stories and going to church.  I am just...

I talked with my husband this weekend about miracle healings that I had read about, not specifically to do with cleft (I have actually...