Six years. That’s how old my Grace and Glory blog is this month. I find myself reflective and celebratory in equal measure. In the beginning, three people were deeply instrumental in my decision to journey down this path of public writing. One is still in my life; one has passed away; and one has moved….
Our team was exhausted. We had been traveling by plane, train, and automobile for hours and just wanted to be home. Arriving in Detroit that mid-Sunday afternoon, the eight of us settled in for our six-hour layover. While the lengthy stop wasn’t optimal, it gave us more time to talk about our mission trip to…
Do you ever wonder if God really fashions our steps? In His sovereignty, does He truly orchestrate our lives from beginning to end? In 2020, I was all set to go on a mission trip to Ethiopia. It had made sense. I had a Compassion child in the region and was so excited at the…
It was a very difficult season. As a young woman on the precipice of a divorce, I was very broken. Years of feeling unseen, unloved, and unvalued left me internally fragile and vulnerable. It’s an emotionally raw place to find oneself. It’s even more dangerous when the enemy begins to exploit it. Enter Dave. A…
God calls us forward. That’s not always easy to remember when the voices of the world and our spiritual adversary are clamoring for us to look back. Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend who was tempted to pick up the pieces of a broken relationship and try to make it work. During…
Every week, as I sit down to write, I open up my laptop to a blank screen. All white. Nothing has been created on that new page. There’s a feeling of exhilaration that comes with the prospect that I’m about to fill that emptiness with words – words that I pray are meaningful, helpful, insightful,…
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