I read a lot and last week someone shared a wonderful post by John Pavlovitz that I feel everyone needs to read titled “Dear Church, Here’s why People are Leaving”. After I read it, the words kept rattling around in my head. After reading and re-reading it a few times, I came to one simple…
It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? Apologies, but I have been hammering out the final details for my debut release (yay!). I don’t have the final release date yet, but stay tuned here and you’ll definitely be among the first to know. What I can tell you is my book, Sunday School Dropout, is for…
A few years ago, I started saying 3 prayers for some of the hardest parts in my life. For me, at that time, they were specifically for 3 people in my life. I did not pray for God to change them into who I thought they should be. I did not ask him to prove…
It’s a bit of a shock when you realize much of the theology you learned as a kid isn’t as much Biblically based as it is politically based. Billy Graham, Dwight Eisenhower, and many denominations weren’t being led by God but by their own ego, disguised as what’s best for us. Jesus was a migrant,…
I have so many questions in working through and growing in my faith. As I find answers and resources, I plan to share it all! However, my ACTUAL first question was very simple. And also way bigger than I first imagined. Is all this questioning, digging, and learning ok? Like, is it allowed? I have…
If you live with a child, or have spent any time with one, you have to admit this is pretty true. Kids see more, ask more questions, and seek more information about the world than adults do. Just a few weeks back, my niece pointed to a small sapling peeking out of the ground. It was…
This is part 2 of the October Pregnant and Infant Loss Series – please read Part 1 HERE if you haven’t already. ********************** All I wanted to do when I got home was sleep. I blamed it on the leftover anesthesia still flowing through my body but truthfully, I was just trying to escape the…
Brown Tray Christmas
All I need to learn from Jesus, I learned from brown cafeteria trays. They take me back to my grandma’s very crowded house, filled with our very large family, on Christmas Eve. The dining room and table were far from large enough for the crowd, but it was never a problem. When the table filled…
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