Breaking the fallow ground, sowing with seed, bursting with fruit.
I can’t believe it's October, mostly because it still feels like it's 90 degrees outside. October is my birthday month, and therefore my favorite month of the year. How do you celebrate your birthday? I make it a point to take one or two days off to do all my favorite things at some point … Continue reading Halloween: Darkness and Light
You delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more. Matthew 25:20b In Matthew 25's Parable of the Talents, a man [Jesus] went on a journey and entrusted his property to his three servants. "To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went … Continue reading Obedience is My Reward
I can’t believe October starts tomorrow, mostly because it still feels like it's 90 degrees outside. October is my birthday month, and therefore my favorite month of the year. How do you celebrate your birthday? I make it a point to do all my favorite things at some point during the month. I used to … Continue reading Halloween: Darkness and Light
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace. 1 Peter 4:10 Why am I really here? What is my true purpose in life? Is this all there is, or did I miss something? If I missed it, then what do I do now? Is … Continue reading Fan the Flame of God’s Gifts
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4. Stepping into the University coffee shop this morning for my grande sugar-free iced latte, I overheard two young women discussing, “how great God’s love is for us!” One of them spoke in animated tones about this topic from one of yesterday’s lectures. She was so … Continue reading Take Up the Fight: Standing in the Way of the Wolf
I had only heard about You before, but now my eyes have seen You. Job 42:5. Burnout changed my life. Well, what Christ did for me through burnout changed my life. It defined my life… created this life I now live. What I went through was devastating, and I pray you never have to experience it, … Continue reading Burned Out
artist It has been quite a summer! These weeks usually fly by for our active family of five, but it feels like this summer break started six months ago. We had one trip planned for the summer--a long weekend in San Antonio to celebrate an anniversary, a birthday, and our son's marching band performance. We … Continue reading God IS Moving
For the Lord is good; His steadfast love endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 100:5 These days, I feel pressed to pray for my children more and more. The first one in his twenties, the second now a high school graduate, and our daughter riding the teen waves, I feel a heavy … Continue reading He Holds the Generations
Robbers' Cave State Park in southeastern Oklahoma I'm a city girl, but I lived the first half of my childhood in and out of a tiny town in southeastern Oklahoma. I love the story of my great-grandfather's birth in a tent on the ridge above that town. They had to keep a fire lit overnight … Continue reading A Happy 4th to You
You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow. Isaiah 62:2. I love the story of Mephibosheth, told throughout the second book of Samuel in the Old Testament. Mephibosheth was lame in both his feet. Many years ago, when I was learning to have a right relationship with … Continue reading What’s Your Name?
Broken & Sown 