Made Like Martha Review & Give-Away Hopefully you've all viewed my recent Facebook posts from my friend Katie's new book, Made Like Martha: Good News for the Woman Who Gets Things…
Finally. It’s just after dinner and I have a moment to sit down but not at the counter, or my desk, or the toy car-covered living room floor, or the…
Today, I read the story of Thomas in John 20. You're likely familiar with "Doubting Thomas", a disciple of Jesus, who said that he wouldn't believe Jesus had risen from…
A wise friend shared a story with me years ago that really stuck. I'm sure you've experienced that too. For one reason or another you just relate to it and…
My word this year is - simplify. Isn't it great? To me it sounds refreshing and clean, and freeing; like that time you washed, dried, folded, and put away all…
I’m a wife and I’m a mom. I am also a work-from-home mom. For real. I work a real job from home, all while I manage my three children, their…
So, like a couple of million other people, I decided to tackle the month of November with the slightly-cliche Thirty Days of Thankful. I'm so glad I did! It is…
When pain and anger run so deep our human reactions are sometimes violent. Good news…we get to choose how we put those feelings into action – it doesn’t have to…
Anyone familiar with tests like the Birkman or Myers-Briggs? If you aren’t, basically they ask a series of questions about you and then identify your personality traits by using letters to categorize you. I’m a ESFJ – show me some love. This means, I am technically an Extrovert (not Introvert), who is Sensing (instead 
of iNtution), a Feeler (not a Thinker), and a Judging (not Perceiving). I have loved tests most of my life, I’ve been blessed enough to just be a good test-taker. As a teacher, I have seen the kind of anxiety they can cause for others – but seriously, tests are totally my jam. I’m a weirdo. These personality inventories are my favorite! I love to see how I am, how others are, how we intermingle together and how we should get along. To me, it is a tangible example of how God made each of us individually and uniquely for a specific purpose. Read, Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
I sang a song – again.I sang a silly song today, it went a little something like this…”chicky-chicken nuggets, cheesy-cheese cubes. Peas and car-rots, peas and car-rots, yum yum yum…