Turning 50 as a Christian woman: Trusting God with the Age I Never Saw Coming I am in the last year of my 40s. I’ll pause so you can absorb that with me. The big 5-0 is sitting at the end of this year like a toll booth I cannot avoid, and I am standingContinue reading “Turning 50, Trusting God, and Other Things I Didn’t See Coming”
Category Archives: Christian Living
Whatever Is Lovely: What It Looks Like When Scripture Shapes Your Wants
Can I tell you something I’ve never quite said out loud before? At the height of my involvement in church—leading ministry, discipling women, showing up every Sunday—I was also making choices that didn’t line up with what I said I believed. Not dramatic ones. Just quiet, consistent ones that I didn’t examine too closely. I’dContinue reading “Whatever Is Lovely: What It Looks Like When Scripture Shapes Your Wants”
The Feeling Fades: What’s Really Missing on Sunday Morning
Can I ask you something honest? When you leave church on Sunday morning, how long does it last? The warmth. The sense that God is near. The tears during worship, the nod during the message, that feeling that something real just happened…how long before it’s gone? For a lot of women, the honest answer is:Continue reading “The Feeling Fades: What’s Really Missing on Sunday Morning”
From Obligation to Offering
Serve Yahweh with gladness; Come before Him with joyful songs. Psalm 100:2 Can I be honest with you for a minute? When I hear the word serve, like really sit with it, my first reaction is not always gladness. Sometimes it’s more like: “How much is this going to cost me?” “Do I have theContinue reading “From Obligation to Offering”
It’s Official!
Well… here we are. After a little over a year of writing, editing, re-writing, praying, second-guessing, deleting whole sections, and starting again… Rooted Womanhood is officially published and available on Amazon! That sentence still feels a little surreal to type. This book didn’t come from a desire to “add my voice to the noise.” ItContinue reading “It’s Official!”