God Designed Marriage to be Sacrificial
It’s been exactly 10 years and four kids since my husband and I entered the bond of holy matrimony overlooking a beautiful valley in East…
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Toddlers Are Human Too—And Sometimes They Just Need Grace
This sweet little guy. Today, he wasn’t having it. And, to be totally honest, it frustrated me. I was trying to be the adult and know better and…
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God Chooses Us Even When We Don’t Deserve it
If you’re anything like me, the first thing you see when you take a look at yourself is how unworthy you are. Actually, maybe the first thing…
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I Don’t Want a New Me For the New Year
Ten years ago when we were getting ready to ring in 2009, I had just found out our first baby was a girl. I had also recently just turned 27 and…
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My Husband Works So Hard For Us
As a writer, I don’t pen many jokes about marriage or my relationship with my husband. It’s not because I don’t find humor in those kinds of…
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You Say I’m Enough—But What if I’m Not?
You say I’m enough—but what if I’m not? You say I’m enough. From every direction, this notion is being shouted at me. I hear it spoken over…
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We Think We Know People, But There’s So Much We Can’t See
You can watch a person. You can see them laugh. You can see them post happy pictures on social media, and be polite, and carry on casual…
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Discovering Grace Changed Our Family Forever
A couple of years ago, I thought I’d finally got a handle on parenting. My kids looked presentable more days than not, Pinterest-perfect parties…
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Man Forgives His Brother’s Killer in Moving Courtroom Scene of Forgiveness and Faith
You’ve probably heard the tragic story of Botham Jean, an African American man who was sitting in his own apartment, eating ice cream and…
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God is in the Grief of Unmet Expectations
This was not what I pictured the first moments with my son to be like. There I was, savoring those first moments with him . . . squatting in the…
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