The history books tell a story of Christians who valued life in ancient Rome and transformed a culture. Will they say the same of us? First, this post is for professing Christians, for those who claim Christ as their Lord and Savior. I, like you have been appalled as I have watched the videos exposing the…
On July 7, 2015 I was surprised at the words I found myself writing in my journal. The past 8 months have been a season of wrestling with God in the darkness. It is why I haven’t written much over these last several months, and yet in the darkness God has been doing a work…
Hope in the Midst of Devastating Loss My husband and I considered it a great honor to get to introduce the staff of Cru to our two daughters and tell of the journey God has led us on in growing in our trust and dependence on Him in the midst of deep pain. Here you’ll…
A little over a month ago I wrote this as I was processing attending the burial of a 19 year old young man, the first burial Kevin and I had been to since burying our own children… in the same cemetery. The cemetery was a holy and sacred place that day. Where to begin? What to say?…
The wrestling of the past year has been HOPE. Where will we place our hope? Will we place our hope IN bringing a child home? Or, will we hope FOR that, but not IN it? Many, many people… family, friends and even strangers are hoping with us that God would grow our family. We are…
They are whispers of His love. Happening amidst the chaos of the night, amidst the moments when all I hear is my own heart shouting in protest of this pain. And until I step back, I hardly know there have been whispers at all. Like a dark cloud with only moments of sunshine, the grief still looms…
Mother’s day is over. Just the day before I had lamented to my husband… “this is the stupidest holiday” in the midst of an emotional downward spiral where all of the sadness stirring in me just couldn’t stay well… in me. But, as I fell asleep at the end of Mother’s Day, the day I…
About a month ago I was contacted by a new blogger friend, Lindsey (great name btw) who writes about homemaking, parenting, grace and Jesus. She had been following our story and wanted to do a series on motherhood and asked me to be a part of it. Slightly daunted by the task to share…
It was a “sovereign” meltdown as we sat around the table passing around the phone and talking with Jess, one of 12 college friends who have been gathering together over the past 15 years since we graduated. We’ve celebrated each other’s joys and grieved each other’s losses. We’ve gone from late night giggles over crushes,…
It was what would’ve been Dasah’s two-month birthday but instead of taking cute photos of her I was standing at her gravesite for the first time since we buried her. It was a beautiful day and somehow as I was driving that day I found myself turning at the road that goes into the cemetery…
