APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  Have you ever been hurt, betrayed, or slandered by someone within the church? Someone who is a brother or sister in Christ? I truly believe that this kind of hurt or betrayal is the hardest of all to process because, while we don't...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I was maybe five or six years old when I said "the prayer." My memory isn't perfect, but I remember sitting on my daddy's knee at our dining room table and praying to receive Jesus as my savior. And with...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  My dog, Mr. Trek, loves to sit in the rays of sunshine in the morning. You can find him by the front window in our home, catching the early rays peeking through the glass. A little bit later, when the sun...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  John 3:16 is probably the most well known Bible verse of all time. Children memorize it. Street corner preachers put it on signs. Quarterbacks write it on their eye black. Most of us can easily rattle it...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  They crept carefully and quietly across the carpeted floor of the bedroom, blankets tied around their necks like superhero capes, until they got to the door frame and came to a complete stop. Slowly, my...

APPLE PODCASTS    †     SPOTIFY  I know that sometimes prayer falls into the category of "easier said than done." I'm realizing this is a theme in my life lately. So many things preach well, but they live hard. Sending our teen girls out...