Sharing the Journey

“Do you love God most?” “Why are you crying?” “What would it take to…?” “Why does that make you so sad?” Questions are powerful. In recent years as I have navigated discerning different aspects of life, including relationship with God, the vocation of marriage, career, and personal vocation, I have been blessed with different types […]

As I looked ahead to 2013, front and center in my mind was that after having our two daughters out of diapers and daycare for over a year, we were going to be starting over again with our third baby girl in April. I also knew that we might have another major life transition layered […]

After growing based on focusing on simplicity in 2010 and embrace in 2011, I narrowed in on a specific aspect of mindset by choosing gratitude for 2012. I saw choosing gratitude as a step further than merely embracing all that came my way. I chose the word at a time when I was going to […]

This Lent will be different for me than typical recent years, as I am on maternity leave and will not go back to work until Holy Week. While I do not have obligations related to my career in teacher education, my schedule is shaped by being deeply immersed in family life, so I am taking […]

My natural inclination is to want to know all the details, to know what to anticipate and start planning away accordingly. If I am trying to discern something, I desire to “just know” and move on into whichever the ultimate direction is going to be. However, recently God has been leading me on a journey […]

Selecting embrace as my word for the year in 2011 strengthened a foundation for mindsets critical to growth.

Back in 2010 when I began the practice of choosing a word for the year, simplicity was the first to speak to my heart. I noted, “With my definition, it means that I will be focusing on always evaluating and reevaluating what I can do to get back to having the simple things in life […]

And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD […]

I love the liturgical year and am always excited for a shift in seasons. Here are some resources/intentions that I am looking forward to praying with throughout the Advent season to prepare my heart for Christmas. Each year I choose a word for the liturgical year, which can shape my journey. This year, my word […]

Even though the concept of the beauty of becoming resonates strongly in my heart, there are also those experiences that provide me with counter-examples. I recognize there are scenarios and contexts where I struggle to see the beauty, especially when I am right in the mix of the moment – at the peak of the […]