our friends Cameron and Liz have two precious little girls. and the youngest, Abygail, ran into the street on saturday evening and was hit ...

i actually wrote this post back in february of 2010 so it's over a year old but it just hit me that i'd never shared this part o...

in honor of today's national day of prayeri thought i would showcase a few written-down prayers that have sustained time and denomina...

in 2007 i wrote this bit of a memory.  in 1990 my hometown was flattened by a tornado, devastated.  in my own way, i share this as a tribute...

the first time i felt the prompting to give to her i winced not because i deemed her unworthy but because of the fresh cigarette she had h...

abbreviated today because my life this week = i.n.s.a.n.e it's no secret that i'm fiercely proud to be Irish and German (*mostl...

last night i found myself helping to lead worship at a midweek service which is always a nice pick-me-up especially when i'm leading wit...

*written last friday after arriving at the cabin* they were everywhere today. one landed in front of me as i walked into the grocery store p...

Hello all! I'm being featured today at a new favorite site of mine--I discovered it about a month ago and have been so grateful to find...

part two of an amazing continuing God-story allow me to recreate a conversation that happened yesterday, between a friend of mine and me. y...

part one of an amazing story i was given the "word" to stop with the formulas on thursday night friday morning i found out that i ...

I attended a small group last night for the first time with a couple of really good friends who know what's going on right now in my lif...

*we interrupt the recent tone of this blog to gush just a little* tonight in the midst of all the turmoil that threatens (even though it has...

Whatever happened, happened. Ah, Eloise. the character who seemingly is privy to the most information utters the most infuriatingly simple p...

one of my favorite bloggers reposted this last week and I had to laugh at the timing. if you didn't read it last week (or the first tim...

because HE lives i can face tomorrow and tomorrow (both literally the day and figuratively the next few days/weeks) promises many things fea...

Hey all. Coming to you late today. I'm dealing with a lot today, so I'm not really "here"...and am a bit sleep-deprived, ...

i can't and won't go into details at the moment or maybe even in a few moments but i need prayer and clarity and knowledge that ever...

May those who love us love us. And those that don't love us, May God turn thei...

I know they say never to talk about religion or politics over dinner. So no snacking as you read this, ok? And certainly don't dig in...