Not Like Everybody Else

It took me far too long into my adult years to figure out all this social orchestration and misfit angst was nonsense, and as a child of God, I only needed to worry about pleasing God. That’s where I sit today, finally liberated from my shackles of worry, self-doubt and pain. A blog on identity in Christ.

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Finding Your Footing When You’re in Over Your Head

If you’re in a place where you feel over your head or lost, whether that’s loneliness or being overburdened, overworked, or overwhelmed, take heart. God is our solid ground. Our house is not built on sand but on a foundation of rock, sturdy and reliable.

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Finding God in the Roller Coaster of Life

Whether you’re in a roller coaster season or a quiet one, remember that even those times we don’t feel God around us, God is still there. Beckoning. Drawing us closer and closer. He’s the harness on that roller coaster ride, and the guiding hand upon the light breeze, all in one.

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Five Great Ways to Love Someone with Anxiety

Do you love someone with anxiety? Or do you have anxiety and sometimes find it hard to connect with loved ones in a meaningful way that feeds your soul or theirs? This month, I offer five ways to love someone with anxiety. Many of these tips are rooted in scripture, for God created us, and God knows all about what it means to face our fears and strive to live well in the midst of our roiling, tumultuous emotions, thoughts, and responses.

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An All-Knowing and All-Seeing Perspective

Jesus tells us to consider our own sin before judging someone else. We don’t have the all-knowing and all-seeing perspective God does. Just like we can look at a situation and see one truth, our neighbor might look at the same thing and see something else—but God sees the full reality, the full truth. We never know what someone is going through. A reflection on perspective.

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Trusting God with help from my new puppy

I’m a cat person. So what in the world am I doing with a brand-new puppy?

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Finding My Faith Identity in a Strawberry Field

How our simple family trip to pick strawberries reminded me of our identity as God’s own, and how He seeks us in the world the same way we hunt for the reddest, ripest berries in the patch.

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Four Key Ways to Love Someone with Depression

Have you ever tried to love someone with depression but it feels like there’s a wall between you? Or maybe it’s you who has depression, and while your heart longs to love well, the depression feels like a barricade so thick and high you can’t possibly overcome it. Here are four ways to offer love despite depression.