Day 7 of 31 Days of Connecting Over 9 years ago, Tim and I moved to Colorado so I could get my MDiv at Denver Seminary. When our son Jack was born the day after I turned in my final assignment (wrap your head around that for a minute), my heart ached to return to […]
An Apology to My Readers
Day 6 of 31 Days of Connecting I’ve been sucked in, again. Sucked into looking at my stats, checking out my followers, spending far too much time (in my opinion) “plugging” my blog when in reality, I don’t think this is what God wants me to do. I’ve become concerned about my image over the […]
Receiving from God when I’m so so tired
Day 5 of 31 Days of Connecting You ever have those weeks when your kids don’t let you to sleep? Yeah, that’s been my week. I’ve been woken up because of bad dreams, sickness, and the big ol’ “Hi Mommy!” Hi? It’s dark outside. Go back to bed. As my two year old says, “I […]
Meeting God in the Nothings…
Day 4 of 31 Days of Connecting Today, we have nothing planned. Well, almost nothing. No work. No meetings. No writing (I’m writing this on Friday) No house cleaning or laundry or dinners… Nothing I don’t want to do. That’s what my Saturdays have turned into. Nothings. And in those times of Nothings, I have […]
God doesn’t use sticker charts.
Day 3 of 31 Days of Connecting I have been potty training my kids for what seems like an eternity. They each have sticker charts and when they receive a certain number of stickers, they win a prize. The charts point towards the goal – put your waste where it needs to go. But my […]
And the winner is…
In the past week 60 people have responded to my survey. This is beyond my silent, private goal of 50 and I am so grateful! Thank you to everyone who responded to the survey, shared the survey on Facebook, and have offered encouraging words to me about writing a book. Stepping out as a writer […]
You Did Not Kill Jesus
Day 2 of 31 Days of Connecting We are in church, worshiping, in awe and adoration of the Love God has for us when suddenly that line is there. There on the screen. And the condemnation and shame I felt as a Christian child, teenager, and young adult squeezes my throat, condemns my heart. “Ashamed I […]
Why are relationships so hard?
Day 1 of 31 Days of Connecting The pain surrounds me. I’ve yelled at my kids. I’ve yelled at my spouse. I’ve cried buckets of tears. My eyes are swollen. My sister called crying. My friends have called crying. We are all suffering, struggling, in pain and frustrated. “Why are relationships so hard?” I know […]
Restoring Mama’s Soul
You guys. As of right now 34 mamas have responded to my survey. Amazing. That may seem small to some, but I had a privategoal of 50 people and we are almost there! I realize my subscribers might not know what I’m talking about. Turns out, when I created the page for my book (yes, […]
Because “because” is such an important w
Every Friday, Kate Motaung and writers across the web join Five Minute Friday for five minutes of writing on the word of her choice. There are no major edits, no second guesses, just five minutes to write. I join to grow as a writer. Here is this week’s Five Minute Friday. This week’s prompt: Because. “Why?” […]