Hope Rising
Sometimes, the days are hard. And occasionally those days can stretch into weeks, months, even years. There are seasons that…
Anxiety
Be Still and Know
I feel it creeping up, the familiar strangling sensation of anxiety: the tightness in the chest, the heart palpitations, the…
How to Respond to Heartbreaking Headlines and a Hurting World
I turn on the news and the headlines hit me with a weight that is too heavy to bear: mass genocide,…
When the Mess of Anxiety Takes Root in Your Heart
It’s been two years now. Two years since I looked fear in the face and boarded a plane bound for…
The Stirrings of a Heart and an African Boy
Halfway around the world, there’s a 15-year-old boy who traipses across red African dirt and calls Uganda home. When grinning,…
Five-Minute Friday {Truth}
Good Friday, dear friends! I’m linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker today for her Five-Minute Fridays … just five minutes of…
Five-Minute Friday {She}
This past week was a busy one. We had family in town for my daughter’s third birthday, and then each…
A Journey through Anxiety – Wrap-Up
If this is your first time here, WELCOME! Please note that this is a wrap-up in a 5-part series on…
A Journey through Anxiety – Part 5 (Belize 2012)
If this is your first time here, WELCOME! Please note that this is part 5 in a series on a…
A Journey through Anxiety – Part 4
If this is your first time here, welcome! You’ll notice that this is part 4 in a series on anxiety,…
A Journey through Anxiety – Part 3
I promised that I would get to the personal details of my own battle with anxiety, and today starts that…
A Journey through Anxiety – Part 1
This months marks an anniversary of sorts for me. Last year, I journeyed through a rather debilitating bout of anxiety….