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Be Present, Even When You’re Most Afraid
I didn’t want to go. Even though a part of me did. Back and forth, I couldn’t decide. It was a last minute decision — whether I should really get on a… Read More
When It’s Time To Leave: Learning To Choose
She is beautiful, cute and young. She is going to wash my hair. And later, she will blow it dry, make it smooth and long, so that it curls just slightly at… Read More
A Waste of Time
It was our second playdate. Technically, it was my four-year-old son CJ’s playdate. I was there visiting with the mom at the breakfast table, sipping water. She was asking how my book… Read More
Touching The Artistic Life You’ve Hidden Inside
Are you hiding the artistic life in you yet longing to touch that part God's planted within you?… Read More
When Easter Feels Overwhelming: Sometimes It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
“You see, there are two very different types of hope in this world. One is hoping for something, and the other is hoping in Someone.” ~ Pete Wilson How can we celebrate… Read More
On The Days You Can Only Trace The Rainbows
Oh, love that will not let me go | I rest me weary soul in Thee |I give You back this life I owe | And in Your ocean depths its flow… Read More
Resting Through the Fog That Won’t Go Away
I lay down to sleep at night. And I don’t know what awaits me. Will it be restful sleep? Or will it be minutes ticking away that melt into the next hour?… Read More
What I Know Now: A Letter To My Younger Self
FAITH BARISTA'S BLOG ANNIVERSARY IS HERE ! ** "God's Plans For You" GIVEAWAY ** To celebrate, I'm giving away Jeanne Winter's Gallery Art. This inspiring art print comes from Jeremiah 29:11: "I… Read More
How You’ve Changed My Story & Why I’m Grateful For You
It’s been a week since I confided in you. It’s been a week — since I’ve let you into my writing journey that’s collided with childhood trauma and post-traumatic stress. And I… Read More
When You Face The Place of Empty
I don’t want to be one of those people. Someone who is afraid. Someone who can’t deal with hard things. Someone who has failed to overcome the things that could make me… Read More
Why I’ve Been Away & Why I Must Write Today
My throat feels tight. Thick. I swallow hard. I am doing one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life. I am writing. To you. About why I’ve been away.… Read More
{ Unwrap Jesus } Slow Down (A Special Advent Giveaway)
* Special "Advent" Giveaway * I'm giving away (3) copies of my favorite Christmas devotional Today In A Manger -- signed by author Ian Strachman! Enter the giveaway at the end of… Read More
