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I’m honored to welcome Minister Ken Pettigrew to my blog in his second guest post here.  Ken is a gifted man of God with a heart of gold.  He’s a man of passion and an amazing thinker.  He’s given us a beautiful gift of vulnerability in this post. (Thank you so much, Ken)! This is […]

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are we the same or different

I’m so excited to guest post on Grace’s blog – and I hope you’ll find it worth your time to read it! (To make it easier, I’ll try to keep things short.) It won’t take long for you to notice that my writing style is different from Grace’s. She writes as the free spirit she […]

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God Speaks

~ I was asked to write about when God speaks or didn’t speak.  When I was contemplating what I would write, I never considered writing it about when God didn’t speak.  I wanted to share about the times that God did speak and was clear.  Who wants to focus on those times when we don’t […]

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~ When I first started walking with Jesus, I surrounded myself with a bunch of college-age Christians who were “on fire” for the Lord. Most of them were budding charismatics, and I sat among them—my little Baptist self—hearing concepts that I had never heard of before. Prior to college, I never knew that people in […]

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when God speaks or doesnt

~ I remember when I used to pray. My hands would shake, my jaw would tremble, and I felt the Spirit guide me. I saw hearts healed. Spirits comforted. Bodies made whole.  The only thing that felt bigger than my faith was my God. It was the days of God being glorified and knowing that […]

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~ No one told me and how could they have known. I didn’t even know to ask. When the man on the stage began speaking about a changed life, a transformed life, and a forgiving God, how could I have known? I couldn’t of. So, I did what any longing, seeking teenager would do. I […]

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open field

~ Confession: I am thirty-four years old and most days I feel like a broken mess. Imperfection covers over me, but I constantly fight for its opposite. I want perfection. People pleasing infiltrates everything I do, say, and think. I cannot do and be everything to everyone and this makes my heart break. Unkindness has […]

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Marie

~ Every time my cell phone rings, I cringe a little. Until I pick it up and look at the screen, I have a knot in my stomach. I never really want to answer. It’s never really a good time to talk. Not when it’s the “thorn” on the other end. “…I was given a […]

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