(30 seconds) When your strength runs out and the only thing left holding you upright is the love you have for your babies, remember: Jesus endured it all so you could endure it all.
(45 seconds) When I let the light touch the shame, I found it was shadowless. It had no legs. There was nothing there but an empty tomb — the promise we have in Jesus.
(30 seconds) The line between confidence and humbleness as a Christian woman is a thin one, especially in a world that preaches self-made, self-care, self confidence.
(45 seconds) We are God's poiēma. His poem. His art. It’s funny how something as small and strange as an eyebrow can remind us that beauty is the echo of a Creator who pays attention to every detail.
(30 seconds) When one kid gets hurt and the others run for ice packs, water, bandaids, and adult help, I think, they’re listening. But they’re not listening to me, mamas.
(60 seconds) We are not unlike our newborns, Mamas. We can have the tidy house with the newest gadgets, the organized schedule, and the curated activities but without real connection, our spirits wither.
(90 seconds) Christianity was never meant to be a list of rules. The Gospel doesn’t start with, “Let me tell you the rules.” It starts with, “Let me tell you what Jesus has done.”
(45 seconds) The taking up of the cross is not always going to be something heroic or dramatic or enviable. And the catastrophe is not having the patience to enjoy it while you can.
(60 seconds) Do you know why I love buying habits like this? Because it’s such a stark reminder that life can be simple if I let it.
(60 seconds) I’m a natural skeptic. It makes me a great journalist but it gets in the way of faith, grace, and empathy a lot.
(60 seconds) If you look to the world for inspiration, you will not find it.
(2 minutes) So reliant on our own worldly coping mechanisms, we miss out on the best help of all from the One who loves us more than anyone.
