

Qualified in Hope
There I was, sitting in a room with some of the most professional people I have ever shared a room with. All around me were doctors,...


To Whom Much is Given: A Call to Invest in the Brokenness of the World
I sat there beaming with all the pride of a high school teacher’s pet all over again as our trainer asked us to pull out our first...


Reflecting and Projecting: How to Live Each Year with Purpose
This time of year, all of us do two things; we reflect and we project. We reflect on the year we just lived and then we project our...


Emmanuel- The God of our Mess
I spent the last two weeks on a farm in the outskirts of a small town in Wisconsin. Now prior to marrying my husband, about as close to a...


Choosing Between Right and Right
I have always been a pretty firm believer that God had one specific plan for my life. In every decision that lay before me, or every fork in


VIDEO BLOG: Story Behind "Far From Forgotten"
"This song and this video are a message of hope that no matter how far we run, or how forgotten we feel, there is a God who is chasing...


WHEN MY HEART IS OVERWHELMED: SONGS OF HOPE
The world is a hopeless place, but we are not called to grieve without hope when we know the hope available to us in Christ. I think it is s


THE NEW GIRL
“Oh, are you one of the new girls?” A room full of strippers greeted me with rabid curiosity. A year ago, I would have likely been rather o


FAN INTO FLAMES
“What are your plans now?” This question greets me nearly every day through many different people. It’s not a bad question at all; in fact,


PLANTING SEEDS
“Lord you’ve been faithful to plant the seed, and you will be faithful to always send your rain” These words pulsed through my tiny ear...






