Learning to Trust

There's just nothing quite like death and grief. You can't fully comprehend it. It tries to choke the life out of you. You c...

I equate running with torture. Which is kind of ironic for a track-loving, cheerleader-guru, volleyball-playing-nut, gymnast when I was yo...

Alone in a garden weeping Begging His Father pleading Take this cup from me But if it's Your will Father let it be All of the other...

I really needed to read this post at (in)courage today. Really, really, really. ~ You will want to quit. More than once. And fear is a...

I go through the motions of life. Doing okay in the grand scheme of things. Thankful for the blessings I have. But in those still, quiet...

Today I had a moment where I was ready to break. Fall apart. At the seams. And just run away. Then in the bathroom at work   while cryin...

We were originally due to watch Courageous at a special preview with our Christian radio station on Wednesday 9/21, but my grandpa's v...

As I sit here feeling the cool breeze, staring at our flags whipping around in the wind, and look up to the gorgeous blue sky with the sca...

Life is crazy. An uncle fighting stage 4 melanoma, an aunt with "several masses" [update at the end of today: she's been dia...

I'm doing terrible. No sugar-coating here. I want to be the raw, real deal. I feel awful. My heart is feeling shredded to pieces. Th...

Looming. Dark. Scary. Big. image from benjamin venancie on flickr We have some pretty big decisions to make.  I'm overwhelmed....

I've been really struggling off and on with some stuff. Some things I'm trying to just sort out with friends in real life. Some thin...

Today I signed up for Skype. Being as into media, technology, and such as I am... I'm surprised it took this long. Some coworkers had ...

My coworker Danny is a total character. He's a 50-year-old genius sales guy who has a wonderful wife & 7 great kids! He's a busy...

I spent yesterday afternoon with my husband's family, but specifically with my wonderful sister-in-law and dear friend Becca. And the tw...

Right before we went away and while we were gone: * My dad was in a car accident * One of my best friends Tracie was in a car accident ...

What happens when... you stub your toe. Forget your laptop at home for work. Leave the oven on. Break a dish. Learn your furnace is broken. ...

I'm so excited to be able to share that the content from the Elephant Room is going to be available online, in pieces as made available,...

For those of you in evangelical/orthodox Christianity, and those who are interested in the entire Rob Bell debate  based on his book Love ...

"Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up." ~Ho...