Oh my words...today is January 23rd.  Which means that tomorrow is January 24th.  And in case you happened to miss the emboldened text on the picture above, that means that my tootsie is about to head to the other side of the world for a heart-changing adventure of a lifetime. Ya'll....I've written about it before HERE when I first accepted the invitation to join this … [Read more...]

  I just have to tell you that my littlest did the sweetest thing today. I went yesterday to Target to pick up a few things for my upcoming trip to Bangladesh.  You know, stuff that's really important to have with me....Immodium, Pepto, Propel packets, and a new pair of yoga pants for an eternally long 30+ hours of airline travel. (Seriously...almost 5 hrs to LA, then almost … [Read more...]

Who doesn't love Christmas lights?!  Seriously...there's something magical about them.  We drive around neighborhoods looking at them, we love Clark Griswold because of them, we are fascinated with them. When I was a kid we used to go to a whole town that does up their lights for Christmas, McAdenville NC.  Ya'll....it is something to see!  But the past few years, we stick … [Read more...]

So, Allume has passed, and I'm still finding myself pondering some of the same things that the Lord has had me pondering for months now. Much of it, I shared in my session at Allume on Blogging as Discipleship.  I'm going to share a few snippits from that session below, but if you want the full on thing (complete with Monty Python impersonation) then you can download my … [Read more...]

Ok, ok, so maybe alluding to a "shot to the heart" is a bit too much Bon Jovi meets Pulp Fiction drama to describe the shots that I actually got yesterday.  Honestly, it was more like an into-the-shoulder-muscle sort of pain that leaves you feeling the next day like maybe you'd worked out really hard the morning prior.  For a kid who got allergy shots a couple of times a week … [Read more...]

I was on a phone call the other day with a wise new friend.  Somehow in the conversation, my friend brought up the words from Psalm 77 about how the Lord makes a way where there was none. I've been thinking about those words quite a bit since.  That day even, I knew I had more to chew on with those words...the reminder that God doesn't need a way that makes sense or is obvious … [Read more...]

Once when I was about 15, I remember going to the grocery store at the beach with my uncle.  For some reason he didn't wear shoes, and I was mortified.  He told me though, that if he walked with authority into the store, that noone would even notice that he wasn't wearing shoes.  I cringed the whole time thinking that the "no shirt, no SHOES, no service" sign was going to jump … [Read more...]

Breaking News ya'll! Here's the short version. Through a series of crazy, God-sized events and introductions a few weeks ago, I met this really fantastic gal named Lindsey who works with Food For the Hungry.  We had a beer and talked real life.  We connected. Then, a week or so later, I got an email from my fun new friend asking if I'd ever be interested in going on a … [Read more...]

You know what, we should really just call a spade a spade around here and say that when my life gets crazy, my blog gets quiet.  I'm a writer (wow...feels weird to say that) but before that I'm a liver (and not the kind in your abdomen.)  I want to LIVE and hopefully lately, I'll get around to writing about all that life happening around me. So....alot of life has been … [Read more...]

I'm back from PA with loads of greatness to share about the weekend at Allume, but I just can't go into all of that greatness without first sharing what woke me up in the middle of the night.  In fact...I'm going to pay the respects that are properly due and not even share it all in the same post. At 3:30 am, I jolted awake in a panic.  My heart was pounding and I had to flip … [Read more...]