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On the Other Side of Loss: The Anniversary of Miscarriage

"I survived." I took a deep breath and laid my head back on to my pillow. It was the first words that escaped my mouth this morning as I w...

Layers of Healing

I awoke with a start, heart pounding, mind whirling. It was the second time in the last month that I had dreamed about losing her. "At le...

3.23 - Remembering Emma Grace

“Today would have been her birthday.” The thought was the first one on my mind as I awoke that March morning. I lay there with my sleepy ...

Supernaturally Healed: My Testimony

"So, how are you doing?" It was a simple enough question. One I received quite often, in fact. But in that moment, it was anything but si...

Signs & Wonders & Miracles, O, My!

Gold dust sparkling on lifted hands. Delicate white feathers filling the air. Fragrant oil dripping down the guitar fret. It's just anoth...

Better than Bethel

The memory had come out of nowhere, if you can even call it a memory. It was more like a "knowing"...a feeling, a sense from a previous p...

The Wonder of the Body of Christ

"In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and Word was God...and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." I don't know i...

The Unmentioned Christmas Story

So, here's a raw, honest moment: when you miscarry a child shortly before Christmas, the nativity story becomes quite painful and even ir...

The Dark Night of Faith

The bright light of a noon day sun can make most any landscape feel alive with hope. Colors are vivid. Shadows have fled. The valleys and...

In Memory of My Papa

The afternoon summer was just beginning to surrender its unbearably muggy heat to twilight’s cooler breezes as I sat on my grandparent’s ...

I Am Not Okay.

I am not okay. The excitement of learning I was unexpectedly pregnant at 40 for the first time after believing that it probably would nev...

The Gift of Disillusionment - Part 2

I lay face down on the floor in the great room, fists clinched, deep sobs racking my body. I was inconsolable. The mournful cries that we...

The Gift of Disillusionment - Part 1

I looked out on a sea of crimson mortarboards perched atop the heads of hundreds of exuberant teenagers. The sound of, "Pomp and Circumst...

Learning to Listening to His Unusual Voice

The charcoal clouds still hang heavy in the skies outside my window. We just experienced what we in the south call a Gully-washer: an ex...

Carriers of Deliverance: Mary's Story

God's nature is all about uniting the generations. He never chooses one generation to carry his heart without building upon the blessings...

Carriers of Deliverance: Elizabeth's Story

As stated in my last post, it's no coincidence that Mary's song is the first song recorded in the New Testament. It came after 400 years ...

The Song of Deliverance

Ask almost anyone, "Where will you find songs recorded in the Bible?" and undoubtedly the majority would reply, "The Book of Psalms," and...

Questions in the Garden

No one can tell a story like God can. If you were to combine Shakespeare, Tolkien, Austen, and Dickens into one fantastic writer, you cou...

The Christmas Keys

My hands delicately touched the ivory keys. In reverent solace, I took a deep breath as I sat in the darkness of this unfamiliar house. S...

A Vision in Worship

I came this morning to sit at God's feet. I came to just worship Him and to allow His words to wash over me. As I sat in the place of sti...

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