I embarrassed myself yesterday. I walked into a situation with joy and confidence, and left feeling humiliated. And the worst part is, it was in the evening… so when I went to bed, my embarrassment played on a loop, keeping me awake long into the night.

Ugh.

It took a while before I...

I am no stranger to mom guilt. We met when Grace was just a newborn and I accidentally scratched the entire length of her calf when changing her diaper. I cried for five solid minutes. And I turned crimson when the pediatrician asked about it at her next visit. Don’t worry, the doctor was...

I didn’t really “get” fasting for a long time. As a kid, it seemed like some sort of mean test from God: “If you really love Me, you’ll go hungry.” Then when I got a little older, fasting and praying felt like the way a toddler gets what she wants: “If...

Contentment doesn’t always come naturally to me. An argument with my teenager leaves me frustrated with my parenting skills. My husband works late, and I inwardly groan about having to handle bedtime solo–not to mention the loss of an evening with my favorite person. A friend’s...

“What does it feel like to be adopted?”

I was 9 years old the first time I heard that question. I was in fourth grade. We were lined up by the door, ready to head to the buses. The chairs in our classroom were stacked on top of the desks in an attempt to make life marginally easier...

Need a little pick-me-up in your day? Need a reminder of what true worship looks like? Here you go.

You’re welcome.

What a week, friends! I just returned from a full seven days in Punta Cana, and it was heavenly. Temps in the 80s, staying in a beautiful resort, surrounded by my four favorite people… it doesn’t get much better than that. Here are just a few highlights…

This is definitely...

A few years ago, I found myself drowning in life, fighting to drudge up the motivation to do more than the most basic of tasks. Not because anything especially bad was happening, but because not much of anything was happening. Life just felt too… normal. All around me I saw...

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Friends, I am excited. I mean, like, ridiculously excited. Which is a little silly, because, well,...

I recently re-read one of my favorite books on prayer, Fervent by Priscilla Shirer. This book has absolutely transformed my prayer life! Each chapter encourages the reader to focus on praying for a different aspect of life, complete with Scriptures to pray through. In the back of...