Tomorrow is going to be a very emotional day at our church. It’s our lead pastor’s last Sunday with us. It’s been such a joy and privilege to work with him. He’s been an amazing pastor and mentor and friend. The Lord has asked him to take a new assignment, and he did the right thing. He said, “Yes, Lord!” ...
So….I ran today. For the first time in over 6 weeks, I ran. It wasn’t pretty. It was short. It was slow. I couldn’t breathe. I had a cramp in my side and my ankle was aching. In fact, I’m pretty sure this applied to me today. We’ve all suffered injuries. I did six weeks ago. I trained all summer for a 5K. ...
I woke up this morning thinking of my baby-girl, Alli. She’s your typical teenage girl. Hormones. Drama. Messy room. She has a love for clothes, shoes especially. Boys (well, we’re not going there yet). The thought I actually woke up with this morning is this, “Alli is going to make an amazing prayer warrior.” Alli has an amazing memory. Astounding, in fact. ...
Have you ever looked at your life and then looked at God and said, “What are you thinking? How does this fit with what You’ve put in my heart? I really don’t understand!” Yeah. Me too. A lot. Right now, in fact. Mikel and I are heading into a season that wasn’t even on our radar. But God…. I bumped ...
So, I woke up a little discouraged this morning. Thinking about Abraham again. Thinking about Genesis 15 again, where God came to him and gave him an amazing promise. Again. It had been years since God first spoke to him. “Go. Leave your home and family and everything you’ve ever known and go somewhere else. I’m not telling you where until you ...
