He made the impossible possible and impregnated every moment with grace. He says two simple words: Follow Me. He teaches us how to make the common task holy and find the divine in each moment.
The God Dare
Living in the Extraordinary Ordinary
There’s no such thing as an ordinary life. Obscure? Yes. Ordinary? No. I’m holding you by the shoulders and looking you in the eyes as I say this. You are irreplaceable in God’s story. Your words matter. Your life matters. You matter. I don’t really care what you’ve done or how much you’ve messed up …
Mary, The One Who Made Room
I bet you could’ve heard a pin drop. All heaven holding their breath as Gabriel waits for her response. Would she say yes? Would she politely but firmly demur? How would she handle the chance to change the world at it’s core, to make history, to shake up the foundation she’d based her faith upon? Would …
Hope For The Hot Mess
It began almost 2 years ago. The holidays were over and, like a bad toothache, it hit me hard right out of the middle of nowhere, wrapping itself around my soul, smacking me hard in the face. Like a ton of bricks, unstoppable fear and anxiety overwhelmed me completely. I’ve always been the strong one, the …
Ten Ways to Show The Father’s Heart
My Puzzle part. That’s what we’ve always called each other. In fact, it’s inscribed on a signet ring I had made for him before we got married. Our life together often feels like a giant, 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle! We haven’t always known where we fit and we’ve been moved about trying to fit here or there or just fit in. But we’ve always fit together.
We clicked from the instant we met. It didn’t hurt he was super cute, an incredibly gifted musician, smarter than anyone I’ve ever known and funny as the dickens! I knew very quickly he was the one I wanted to marry. And we did, 31 years ago. And in those 31 years he’s taught me more about the Father’s heart than anyone else I’ve ever known.