Journal
35 Quotes to Reinvigorate Your Writing Life
Ahh… writers we have a love of words. They take us on a journey into untold worlds, they fuel our imaginations, they lift us up and make us swoon with desire… that we may be able to write to make others stop everything even if only for a moment. To stop everything and...
A Life Worthy of One Simple Word
In a world of words, I want just one. Just one that jumps out and claims me. One that tells a story within a story. One that speaks to the deepest darkest depths… of the heart of this writer’s life… the word that makes sense of the wild and crazy journey I’ve been on....
His Love Endures Forever
It is a happy day because His Love Endures Forever. Every day is a happy day in this knowing… even in the midst of the mess… in the silence as my soul awaits for God alone to instruct me in His Word. His Word… how did it come so alive in me? One day I wanted nothing...
An Invitation into the Sweetness of God’s Presence
I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. ~ Jeremiah 24:7 This. Right. There. If we but cut out the noise in the world, and tuned in to this whisper....
Leaning into the Season of Change
How to live with arms wide open? Can I really do this? It’s what God really wants for us… to live… to love… to be free… it’s what I’ve committed to do. Here I am God, with arms wide open. Pouring out my life for you. Draw me near, Lord… draw me near… and teach me. I...
A letter to my younger self
Dear little one, The world is going to try to tell you so many things about yourself, so many things it doesn’t know anything about. It’s going to try to mold you, to think certain things are important, and it’s going to make you feel like you must conform to belong....
My 40 days and nights of wandering and wondering
I’ve wandered the desert for my forty days and forty nights. It seemed like a breeze for the most part. Then again, I had no idea what to expect. Maybe some big epiphanies… Maybe I would feel closer to God than ever before… Maybe God would work more miracles in my...
Love Broke Open: Part Three
I cannot… I absolutely cannot… even after months… get through this song without His Grace and Glory coming up in me from the depths of my soul. And all the earth will shout Your praise Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing Great are You, Lord In Part One I...
Love Broke Open: Part Two
Without the LOVE I wrote about in Love Broken Open: Part One, what are we… really? Where are we? What kind of life is that? Is it living? Really living fully? The Beautiful World Project came about last year because I was looking for ways to create deeper meaning to...