Happy Is A Sham

Happy Is A Sham

Happy is a sham, because as you work to achieve it, it can so easily turn into what you live for. Happy can become your master, when you will sacrifice more than you should for it. If we start to live for happy, we can begin to hold onto it too tightly, for fear that...
Living in the Back Row

Living in the Back Row

We tend to sit in the same location at church, middle right side every Sunday.  We are creatures of habit, aren’t we?  We like comfort and routine. However, when I was at the peak of my concussion issues, we moved to the very back row against the wall.  We sat there...
What’s Holding You Back?

What’s Holding You Back?

Don’t you wish you could see yourself through the eyes of one of your friends sometimes? Here’s what I mean: as I sat in my kitchen talking to a friend, the gal I saw was beautiful and kind, capable and just on the cusp of what God has next for her. Yet as she talked...
Let’s Finish The Year Strong

Let’s Finish The Year Strong

July…what?!?! We are halfway through 2019, and it’s a great time to look back and say, “What would it look like to finish strong?” In January, the air is full of resolutions, good wishes, and the opportunity to start anew…and in July, the air is full of...
Capture The Simple

Capture The Simple

I asked my kids their favorite thing about summer so far and what I found to be interesting was the simplicity of the things that they were loving. Bike rides to a new school park near our house, a water balloon fight when it was raining and cool outside, frisbee, and...
Celebrate Freedom

Celebrate Freedom

Fourth of July… I love the red, white and blue everywhere, fireworks and barbecues.  I Love it all!  It’s easy to run right through the 4th of July in celebration mode, so I thought this year I would pause a bit and process what the 4th is really about.  I read a...