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three years in the making

Hey friends!

Happy Autumn everyone! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted on here. Life has been insane, but I really want to get back to blogging at least every now and then.

this means war

Eighteen. That’s the number of school shootings that have occurred in the mere 53 days since the new year.

Twenty-three. That’s the number of people who have died – students & faculty – at the hands of this evil.

A week ago was Valentine’s Day. And what was meant to be a celebration of peoples’ love for each other, quickly turned into an all-out assault against the sons and daughters of this nation at Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida.

My spirit grieves at the thought...

remember

This morning, I sat quietly while my mother was on the phone with my aunt up in Oregon. (We’re in California.) Most of the conversation was casual chatter. But as the conversation went on, my aunt began to fill us in on some of the things that have been going on in my Oregon hometown. Among family issues, there has been one situation that I have only been vaguely aware of concerning one of the girls I grew up in youth with. And as I listened to how bad things had gotten with her – the rebelli...

dry

As frustrating and difficult as they can be, there’s something beautiful about the dry seasons of life. In these seasons, we reach a point of simple desperation where we don’t know what else to do. We’ve exhausted all our options. All that’s left for us to do is wait on the Lord in the quiet. Pause before Him. We learn patience. And we learn just how deep the river of God flows as we drink and discover that there is no end to His refreshing. We learn desperation. We learn desire. We learn to ...

looking back now

As 2017 has come to a close, I can’t help but pause for a moment and reflect on all that has happened this past year. I’ve spent a great deal of time searching my spirit for what I want to say and pondering how I want to say it. My heart is to, simply, share my reflections with the sincerest hope that, perhaps, it might encourage or inspire someone. As a leader in the church, I understand that some people may be tempted to cling to certain aspects of my story and use it as a weapon against me...

pain & promise

[image error]These last three months have been some of the most challenging and painful months of my life. In many ways, resembling an incredibly hard season I went through 3 years ago.

But through the thorns and the shadows, my life has been filled with such hope, love, and joy. The Lord has anchored me. He has carried me. He has strengthened me. He has wiped away every tear, filled every void, and trampled every thorn.

In a season where darkness seemed to creep around every corner, He gave me the cour...