(click below to listen to this post as a podcast) Friday is a favorite day of the week for most people because it signifies the end of work or school and the beginning of the weekend which generally means rest, fun or both. This year, especially the last six months of Fridays, has meant an […]

“Mom…mom, hey mom!” My son had said my name 7 times in the last two minutes. I held up a finger, signifying he would wait until I paused in an important conversation with my husband. I continued talking and then– He said my name—one more time. I should have ignored it, but I had lost […]

We walked down a red dirt road, dodging a thin, hungry-looking dog and a wayward goat eating from a pile of rotten food. We stepped over trash in our path as we passed row after row of small shacks. A couple of little kids dressed in rags played in the dirt with makeshift toys of […]

In this new podcast episode… Why do you think God has allowed you to be born in North America . . . and to be blessed with such material and spiritual abundance? In light of the superabundance you enjoy, what do you think is your minimal responsibility to the untold millions of lost and suffering […]

I have a new podcast that I’d really love for you to listen to this week. It’s a very important invitation to join me in moving mountains this holiday season. Show Notes: What is it? Still have questions? FAQ Host a Home for the Holiday Webcast Watch party in your home (and receive incredible fair […]

Ten years ago I knew nothing about how the world works. I was entitled and believed I deserved the American Dream. I lived in a comfortable bubble. I thought the bubble protected me and my family, but it only revealed my ignorance. I didn’t understand the plight of untold millions— how poverty and displacement were […]

Marriage can be hard. Marriage with children can be really hard. Both can also be really good. Today, podcast episode #14 focuses on parenting and raps up a three part marriage series with my husband, Terrell. We loved recording it together and dishing about all things parenting and we hope you love listening to it!

Today, I’m sharing the second part of sitting down with my husband, Terrell, to chat about ministry and working together every day at a non-profit. Together, we have faced huge mountains and some of them God has allowed us to move. We answered questions like, “How has our marriage survived the stress of starting a […]

This year, I’m celebrating 25 years of marriage. And our kids remind us….that’s a very long time, which must make us very old. Watch it, young Jedi.  We’ve had our good days and bad, our amazing seasons and the ones where we barely made it, but here we are, committed to the end. We recently […]

Podcast Transcript (scroll down to LISTEN): If you’ve read anything I’ve ever written, you might have picked up on a theme of inadequacy or an overwhelmed tone. You would be right. I wrote these words in 2014: I used to think my greatest fear was inadequacy. I believed these words for a very long time. […]