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
When The Storms Of Life Come – Part 1
In that space between sleep and awake I could feel it. It was as if a 500 lb. weight was sitting on my chest. Opening my eyes, I soon realized this wasn’t a dream. My clock read 3 a.m. as I sat straight up in bed and tried to make sense of what on earth was happening....
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...
