be yourself

brianna sent this to me via picture mail yesterday as she was driving around. i generally HATE church marquee signs, but this one nails it on the head for me….

rolling stones

First, thank you so much for your very thoughtful responses to my original post. There were many, and many more emails! i plan to write you all back individually. i…

the announcement i didn’t want to make…

friends, it is with much regret that i had to decide this morning to not set out for south africa. while finally beginning to pack at 2am, i was stricken…

mondays and hospitals

monday began just like any other day, besides the fact that it was 48 hours until my journey to south africa begins. fast forward to 41 hours until my journey…

ever-present help

i began reading tonight in the book of psalm. for some reason i found myself in the 40s, reading all about God being our help in times of trouble. why…

better days: update

some of you know that i am all about themes. kristi just wrote a post about her newly discovered theme. and its definitely a good one: “whatever it takes to…

pray for this…

i begin leading this new group on tuesday, february 26 at 6:30pm at the wfc lenexa campus. i have 5 ladies signed up this time around…. and believe it or…

from the ihop vault…

part 1 and part 2. personally, i find part 2 to be quite funny. because i have to reduce the video size to fit in my blog, you may need…

recently played…

these are the top 10 recently played songs in my iTunes today: Rehab, Amy Winehouse Promise That Remains, Reba with Justin Timberlake So Close, Jon McLaughlin I Am the Way,…