A Beautiful Life (with anxiety)
Social Anxiety. That’s what the therapist called it as I sat across from her on the mahogany leather couch. Her office was devised to...
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- Jun 10, 2021
- 6 min
Finding a Family when Yours isn't Near
Dear Future Family, “Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my...
- May 27, 2021
- 3 min
3 Biblical Practices to Help the Anxious Christian
One of the most popular google searches in the realm of mental health is “anxious Christian.” In Western culture we often dissect these...
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
Mental Health Awareness
Did you know that May is mental health awareness month? I’m so happy to see how far we’ve come as a church and as a society in inviting...
- May 6, 2021
- 5 min
Introvert or Insecurity?
A Change of Focus Can Help! by Amy Lynn Simon For many years, I chalked up my lack of interest in our church’s women’s events to my being...
- Apr 29, 2021
- 4 min
Godly Encouragement for Introverts
by Mary Rabe My personality has always been a bit of a conundrum, even to myself. See, I love people. I care so much about others, and I...
- Apr 26, 2021
- 4 min
Freedom in the Midst of COVID
by Janet Bryant Brown The culture in our neck of the woods, a southern heavily logged area of the country thrives on drinking sweet tea,...
- Apr 24, 2021
- 3 min
How Does God Help with Anxiety?
An Exerpt from Take Heart: God's Comfort for Anxious Thoughts As someone who has struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder, social...
- Apr 22, 2021
- 5 min
How to Invest in Friendships
3 Ways to Make Friends a Priority Again by Jennifer F. Riales I know, this series is all about the introverts that would rather hang out...
- Apr 8, 2021
- 5 min
Showing Up As Your Introverted Self to Your Loud People
By Elisa Preston As an introvert, showing up in relationships can be a struggle. Elisa gets it! I’m so excited to have my hope*writer...
- Apr 5, 2021
- 6 min
Cultivate Real Relationships
A 2-Step Path to Self-Love & Spiritual Sight by Michelle TK Do you feel like you want to cut through the social noise to cultivate real...
- Mar 31, 2021
- 3 min
The Hope Hidden in Easter Eggs
Easter eggs. This year I'm especially digging them. Why? I'm glad you asked. 1. They are bright and beautiful. Our family's Easter this...
- Mar 25, 2021
- 5 min
When Life is Tough- Where are you God?
When life is tough, where are you God? When life is hard, this question feels like a lump in our throat. I think it's a worthy question,...
- Mar 18, 2021
- 3 min
Finding “Enough”
This is an adapted excerpt from my new book Take Heart: God's Comfort for Anxious Thoughts now available for PREORDER! “It’s so easy on...
- Mar 11, 2021
- 4 min
Feeling Distant from Friends
LAST WEEK we talked about how struggle and hurt can cause us to feel distant from God. Is there any debris of hurt and doubt that has...
- Mar 4, 2021
- 5 min
Feeling Distant from God
Are you in a season where you are feeling distant from God? I can relate. We went around the circle to answer some question. I honestly...
- Jun 24, 2020
- 2 min
For the Christian with Anxiety
Are you a Christian that struggles with anxiety? Then friend, you are in good company. I don’t like that the meme takes the Lord’s name...
- Mar 9, 2020
- 3 min
Contagious Faith
My thoughts on the Coronavirus. You hear Coronavirus, and you've already formed some kind of opinion. Yes in the U.S. somehow we can even...
- Feb 12, 2020
- 4 min
GRACE BUTTON
The ultimate parenting reset. It wasn't about grace. Not at first at least. No, the "grace button" started out as the "reset button." I...
- Feb 3, 2020
- 3 min
Lessons From A Seven-Year-Old
PHOTO BY RACHEL SCHOENEMAN PHOTOGRAPHY Their feet tangled together, baby blue high tops and pink ankle socks in sequined slip-ons. Their...
- Dec 23, 2019
- 2 min
(Child-Like) Faith by Candlelight
The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world…Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name,...
- Oct 21, 2019
- 4 min
Let's Be Brave
How many jobs have you had? If you're like me, you could count on both hands. In college, I cleaned someone's house, babysat, and made...
- Jun 16, 2019
- 4 min
What I Learned from Yelling at My Kids
“I need some space!” I hear my own words echoed in my three-year-old’s mouth as her big sister scoots beside her on the couch for a...
- Jun 5, 2019
- 3 min
Take the Leap
God pushed me into my life's greatest adventure. Where is he pushing you? Every negative pregnancy test has given me a little plunge of...
- May 29, 2019
- 4 min
Life is Hard, But God is Good
When life is hard we know that God is good, but in the moment of struggle we live in an unanswered question. Social media packages our...
- May 21, 2019
- 5 min
The Art of "G'Yalling It"
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them...
- May 9, 2019
- 5 min
How We Rise Above Disapproval
Last night I had a dream that I’d taken my daughters out for a quick bite to eat. I wasn’t wearing makeup and my hair was in a mom bun....
- May 1, 2019
- 6 min
Do You Love Me, God?
“Where is God in ordinary life? When I’m numb and tired from heaps of laundry and stubborn kids. Where is God on those days I need him...
- Apr 25, 2019
- 7 min
Becoming Real
"If my heart looks broken in, then I've been brave enough to live..." Christa Wells Eight months pregnant with a two-year-old in...
- Apr 18, 2019
- 4 min
Truth in The Inward Parts
Why Life's Greatest Challenges Make Our Hearts Wise and Beautiful Eyes squeezed shut, her body swayed and twirled as her arms reached...
- Apr 9, 2019
- 3 min
We Were Not Made for Shame
Shame is a weapon that Satan uses to push many women behind self-sewn curtains of isolation. You see her over there—her eyes are averted,...
- Mar 29, 2019
- 3 min
How Do We Protect Our Hearts?
All winter has been one cage rattling cough after another. “It’s to be expected with an immuno-suppressed child,” the doctor said with a...
- Mar 22, 2019
- 2 min
This Time Will Pass
I had a dream. A dream where I waited in a long line. The queue of people wrapped around faded cement buildings. I saw a white haired...
- Mar 22, 2019
- 1 min
Peace Just Today
The world overwhelms My doubt overcomes But the weight of Your Glory Gives me peace The noise of this world Crowds out Your Whispers But...
- Jan 23, 2019
- 2 min
Anything, God?
Learning to Say a Tentative Yes God is feeling so big in my heart right now that it’s hard to go through the every day motions of washing...
- Jan 2, 2019
- 1 min
Oh Baby This is Us
You know all my secrets baby, The truths that I hold in, Thanks for keeping quiet baby, For holding tight my hand. You know all my crazy...
- Jan 1, 2019
- 1 min
Black Coffee Heart
Come meet me in the morning, When the monsters are asleep. Whisper me the promises, I know only you can keep. Come meet me in the...
- Dec 26, 2018
- 1 min
Rest in His Enough
I am with you now. In the wandering, in the waiting; when your plans didn’t work out. When your dreams aren’t coming true. I’m with you...
- Jan 16, 2018
- 2 min
Brave Means Taking the Next Step
Sometimes brave is tucked within the humble, every day things of life. We think brave is shown in a big defining moment. But what if...