Posts Tagged with: fear

Crazy Talk from a Hippie Poet

By Posted in - encouragement & general & ministry & purpose & random & scripture & talks on May 23rd, 2021 3 Comments

I recently taught on Ephesians 5 and how we are to walk in love, live as light, and love in unity. If that all sounds like hippie-poet talk, that is understandable because:

I actually am a …

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on finish lines and next steps

By Posted in - courage & general & ministry & purpose on May 17th, 2021 3 Comments

Holy guacamole. I graduated from Seminary, y’all. And let me tell you something: It ain’t for sissies. It is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done and also one of most enriching experiences I …

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BREATH MY ONLY BOUNDARY

By Posted in - general & poetry & published & Uncategorized & writing on February 12th, 2021 0 Comments

HI Y’ALL! I appreciate all your sweet messages and thanks for checking on me. In answer to the two questions I get asked most: YES I am still writing and YES I am still in …

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On Shame and Healing

By Posted in - books & community & counseling & courage & encouragement & general & grief & ministry & scripture & talks on August 6th, 2020 0 Comments

How does hiding ignite shame? How does honesty invite healing?

I recently explored these questions with my friend Shannon as part of our Summer Book Club on Jesus Over Everything by Lisa …

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On Sin and Hiding

By Posted in - books & courage & encouragement & general & random & review & scripture & talks & Uncategorized on July 31st, 2020 0 Comments

How does hiding enable sin in our lives? How does honesty eradicate it? How does telling the truth invite light into our darkest corners?

I recently explored these questions with my friend Shannon as part of …

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WAIT

By Posted in - encouragement & grief & poetry & published & writing on April 10th, 2020 3 Comments

a poem about suffering and what it means to

W A I T

what I wouldn’t give
to rise
from this window seat of longing
and brave my way into the gray
and through the gray
to part
the veil that obscures life …

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How My Fear Became Faith

By Posted in - courage & published & Uncategorized & writing on March 15th, 2020 3 Comments

Fear was my father’s favorite game and one I learned to play at four years old.

With gleaming green eyes and a wicked sense of humor, my father was a force. His family had always been …

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On Courage & Community

By Posted in - published on February 20th, 2020 2 Comments

In case you missed the big announcement in my last post, I recently had an article published in Fathom Magazine in which I share how I learned the importance of developing close community and how …

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chinese water torture

By Posted in - general & humor & random & scripture & writing on February 17th, 2015 3 Comments

So last night, we were going through our nightly bedtime rituals when, much to our surprise and annoyance, our smoke detectors all started going off.  A quick, adrenaline-packed race through the house proved that no fire …

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scaredy-cat

By Posted in - general on January 23rd, 2014 8 Comments

I always hated being the new kid. I never liked that vulnerable and exposed feeling of standing there in front of a new class, book bag in hand and eyes on the floor, knowing the …

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