In every season of our lives, there’s one thing that remains constant: the need for us to grow and maintain our relationships. Growing up, I lived in a busy…
Relationships
How To Keep Your Marriage Strong
This year, my husband Benjamin and I celebrated 16 years of marriage. Let me tell you, we’ve come a long way since it was just him and I. …
Real Love Often Comes After Real Loss
I don’t really like to focus on my past too much. While the happy memories abound and comfort me like a warm blanket on a chilly autumn afternoon, I also…
De-stressing the Holidays
I’m going to say something radical: Thanksgiving is not about the food. Yes, Thanksgiving is a feast. It’s a time to be thankful for the year’s bounty, and we celebrate…
Finding Friendship and Community
Do you have one of those friends that God brought to you from an unexpected place? I have a lifelong friend who was actually my Sunday school teacher when I…
Don’t Do This Alone
I’d like to think that I’m a warrior. I’ve been a single mom to my five awesome children for 13 years. There have been some truly long days…falling to my…
God-Sent Friendships
When my husband and I first got married, he had recently graduated from basic training. And so because of his career, we moved together to Watertown, New York – a…
Are You Lonely?
The other day I went for a walk with a friend of mine. At some point on the trail, she said to me, “This week I have been feeling lonely….
7 Things I Say to God When I Don’t Choose to Wait on Him
I have many personal weaknesses, but I would say that my biggest one by far is that I don’t know when to leave people alone! If there’s a conflict or…
The Words We Say Matter
It is God’s desire that we live a life full of purpose and hope. It’s a life that He has equipped us for long before we entered our mother’s womb….