The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
What’s So Amazing About This Thing Called Grace?
Grace. Google it and definitions, songs, sites, and books appear in the search. I landed on Dictionary.com's definition under theology: the freely given, unmerited favor and love of God I can't explain why, but all last week I was stuck on God's grace. Songs about it....
Would You Rather – Rise Early Or Sleep In
This week's get-to-know-you question has to do with our sleep preferences (or, I should say our waking preferences). Please remember there's no wrong answer here. This is just a fun way to help us get acquainted with each other! Here goes! Would you rather rise early...
When Nothing Seems Right In This World
My son broke the news early to me yesterday morning. The body of Mollie Tibbets, the 20-year old Iowa girl who has been missing for over a month, was found. We held out hope for her to be found alive. For her to be okay. She went missing just days before RAGBRAI began...
Would You Rather – City Or Country?
Wouldn't it be fun to get to know each other better? This question has been on my mind as of late. We're all doing our own thing. (And doing it the best way we know how, I might add.) We have schedules to keep, to-do lists to work from, and deadlines to meet. We have...
When Your Child Leaves For College
I'm not alone in this. I know full well many of us are walking through this season together. Your child has left for college. Or soon will be. Some of us are experiencing this for the first time, with full-on feels of all kinds. Heart strings stretch in all sorts of...
What Do We Do With The Broken Places?
I confess. I am a bit infatuated with succulents. So much so, I have them all over our home. All kinds and all colors. These little plants bring a lift to my step and a joy to my heart. (Sometimes it's the little things, right?) The other day, however, I had the...