Confession Alert: Doug the Pug is My Idol (okay for like Five Minutes…)

Hey friends! Here’s a light-hearted post where I bear my soul a little! Enjoy! ———————————————- So, never in my adult life have I wanted to be a dog—or a pug, specifically. But now that I have become a fan of “Doug the Pug” all that has changed. Doug the Pug is the Cutest. Dog. Ever. And. […]

When Mercy Is Unthinkable…

Today’s post was written especially for Suzanne Eller’s #LiveFreeThursday. I pray this story ministers to your heart. http://tsuzanneeller.com/ When Mercy Is Unthinkable… But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— […]

Moving From Broken Praise to Freedom in Christ

Gal 4:6-7 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. (ESV)   Our girls have trained our two-year old, (he’s actually 3 now) Samuel […]

Healing the Cutting Generation

Healing the Cutting Generation   All I was doing was listening. Okay, so maybe it was more like “overhearing,” but I couldn’t believe my ears. The teens standing near me were talking about whether or not the others “cut.” It was like cutting was the new social networking thing, or even a secret society…a cutting […]