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His Mercy Shapes Our Stories

His Mercy Shapes Our Stories

My personal history includes all the challenges of being a foreigner, speaking English as my second language, a slew of emotional family baggage, a legalistic limp in my walk with...

His Mercy Shapes Our Stories

My personal history includes all the challenges of being a foreigner, speaking English as my second language, a slew of emotional family baggage, a legalistic limp in my walk with...

Rest is Abiding In Christ

Rest is Abiding In Christ

Let's all collectively take a deep breath and rejoice in the changing of seasons. Perhaps you need to remind yourself of the one thing I preach to myself every year at the beginning...

Rest is Abiding In Christ

Let's all collectively take a deep breath and rejoice in the changing of seasons. Perhaps you need to remind yourself of the one thing I preach to myself every year at the beginning...

What We Sow is How We'll Grow

What We Sow is How We'll Grow

What we sow is how we’ll grow. That’s what Troy and I talk about with our boys on a regular basis. We remind them (and ourselves) that we can’t become more loveable to God by...

What We Sow is How We'll Grow

What we sow is how we’ll grow. That’s what Troy and I talk about with our boys on a regular basis. We remind them (and ourselves) that we can’t become more loveable to God by...

How He's Used My Unlikely and In-Between

How He's Used My Unlikely and In-Between

Most of life (my life) is lived in the in-between—in the middle of waiting and arriving, joys and heartbreaks, wins and losses, start and finish, feeling like you’ve got your...

How He's Used My Unlikely and In-Between

Most of life (my life) is lived in the in-between—in the middle of waiting and arriving, joys and heartbreaks, wins and losses, start and finish, feeling like you’ve got your...

GraceLaced Book Wins 2018 Christian Book Award for Devotion & Gift

GraceLaced Book Wins 2018 Christian Book Award ...

A sweet surprise this week felt like a stream in the desert. GraceLaced: Discovering Timeless Truths Through Seasons of the Heart, my first book, was named winner of the 2018 Christian Book Award...

GraceLaced Book Wins 2018 Christian Book Award ...

A sweet surprise this week felt like a stream in the desert. GraceLaced: Discovering Timeless Truths Through Seasons of the Heart, my first book, was named winner of the 2018 Christian Book Award...

If We Were Having Coffee Today: No One’s Ever Grown by Faking It

If We Were Having Coffee Today: No One’s Ever G...

I  cried all day yesterday because I was so overwhelmed and exhausted. Yes —pressure and deadlines, but also wrong thinking/believing:1) Defeat is for the condemned. We are the forgiven in Christ,...

If We Were Having Coffee Today: No One’s Ever G...

I  cried all day yesterday because I was so overwhelmed and exhausted. Yes —pressure and deadlines, but also wrong thinking/believing:1) Defeat is for the condemned. We are the forgiven in Christ,...