• When Social Media Lies about Loneliness

    The conversation at the dinner table was heading in a crazy-talk spiral. I mean, when we start discussing nonsense I can just feel my brain cells dying. Literally, as I’m eating my cold pasta, I feel them burn away into oblivion. Listening to their conversation, slowly feeding the baby, it hits me hard.  Some days I feel snappy and frustrated at the mundane. I am distant and irritable. Sometimes it creeps in slow, making its way into my heart and stays…

  • Dig Deeper with Prayer and #TuesTalk

    Welcome to TUESDAY TALK! Today is our last “Dig Deeper” series. I’ve spent the past few weeks creating a special PDF for you to use how you wish! Hopefully these little cards will remind you to read with purpose, perspective, process, and prayer. As we close this series, I want to share with you the most valuable tool in your toolbox for studying God’s word. It is a tool you already own and it is so powerful. // PRAYER // James 1:5 – If any of…

  • Sippy Cups And How To Be Empty

    Their plastic sippy cups are always on the counter. Ready to be filled.  Everyday. They come, asking me to fill them. So I do. I pour the milk. Again. And again. A house full of kids. A husband with 12 hour shifts. A sinus cold. High temperatures. No leaving the house. I drink my coffee and take some medicine to help, but inside I feel so…..empty. Out of energy. Strength. Patience. Joy. I pray for the LORD to fill me up,…

  • Dig Deeper with Process

    I love reading God’s Word. I have a pretty good process for reading through scripture. As I began to study a passage closely, I hit a brick wall. I’ve spent the past few weeks creating a special PDF for you to use how you wish! Hopefully these little cards will remind you to read with purpose, perspective, process, and prayer. Suddenly, I was lost. I didn’t know how to go from just reading to studying. Without a study guide or someone leading me…