Common-sense grace for the try-hard girl
When it’s 5 o’clock and your kids are melting down, what does grace look like? When you’re at Target on a Sunday night looking for posterboard for your son’s school project, where is grace? When you feel overcommitted and out of time, and just want to sit down on the inside, what does say to […]
Almost four years ago, I left my role as the children’s pastor at our former church. While I love kids and Jesus and telling kids about Jesus, it was clear it was time for me to walk away from ministry. In January, I started my role as the communications director at our current church. Working […]
If we’ve ever met for coffee in real life, you’ve heard me say, “I heard on a podcast once…” Podcasts just might be my love language. I’ve wanted to start my own for years, but the timing never felt quite right. It wasn’t fear or lack of technical knowledge that stopped me from launching a […]
As a little girl, I knew Jesus was born to save me from my sins, which seemed the only reason anyone ever talked about as to why Jesus came to earth at all. And friends, Jesus did come to earth to live the life we could never live and die the death we deserved. He […]
We sing about Christmas being the most wonderful time of the year. We wish people a merry Christmas. We deck our halls, jingle our bells, and look at the sky for signs of a sleigh. The emotions tied to Christmas are those of hope, merriment, and wonder. As we celebrate the birth of our Savior […]
Sleeping 90 minutes at a time. Worrying if the cough was something more. Cleaning breast pump parts. The season when our two girls were little was a season I’d rather forget that cherish. I could not get away from the crying, diaper changing, and sleep deprivation fast enough. You might be in this season now. […]
Before I became a mom, I saw motherhood as a role filled with joy, love, and hope with a sprinkle of frustration and frazzle. These emotions have certainly proven true. Yet there’s one emotion I didn’t imagine feeling, or at least feeling as often as I do these days. I never envisioned experiencing fear. You […]
What parenting books are best to help you navigate school and All Things Social with your kids? How can you help navigate your kids’ emotions? Is there a way to figure out your children’s personality types and love language so you can parent them better? Y’all, I’m not a fan of parenting books because they […]
I wanted the original tagline for the blog, “An Achiever Goes Rogue,” to capture the idea that I was walking away from a life of doing more + trying harder and walking toward a life of grace. However, subconsciously, the phrase put my unwritten worldview into words: I’d rather go it alone. Yet God’s way […]
Every time I watch Lorelai and Rory navigate all the crazy cuteness of Stars Hollow, I think, I want people in my life like that. The townspeople in Gilmore Girls host The Founders Firelight Festival, jitterbug through the 24-Hour Dance-A-Thon, and attend every single town meeting. The Stars Hollow neighborliness looks so appealing. I want […]
