What would happen if you asked 10 of your closest friends how they define the word worship? Probably, they would each say something a little bit different. Worship is not definable by one thing, and that is part of its beauty! Worship is not one thing, it changes from culture to culture, church to church,…
After our son’s autism diagnosis, everything changed. Our priorities changed. How we spent our money changed. Our schedule changed. And although we weren’t prepared for it, our friendships changed. We were going through a season of grief and confusion, and we felt more isolated than ever. When we got through those early years after…
In our first year after moving to Texas we had people over to our house 47 out of 52 weeks. Our small group came over each week. We hosted neighbors and friends we met through the community theater group. We even celebrated Halloween with James’s life skills class from school. It isn’t always easy….
I’m at (in)courage today, sharing about my favorite season for hospitality! My family of four and I just celebrated the one-year anniversary of our move from rural Pennsylvania to suburban Texas, right outside of Houston. We moved here to plant a church, which means we are deliberately creating lots of opportunities to show hospitality to…
If I were Jesus, most of the miracles would have been fun for me to experience. Feeding 5,000+. Healing the bleeding woman who had suffered for years. Walking on water. But one would have been especially tough—the healing of the pouter. Jesus had been welcomed into the home of Mary and Martha and was enjoying time…
In my self-care for the special-needs mom series I wrote about Your Life Purpose and talked about having a personal mission statement. Here are more tips for doing that and my personal mission statement. Your purpose as a believer in Christ is the same as my purpose: bring glory to God and enjoy Him forever….