This post is honest. Not that my other posts aren’t, but this one shares some vulnerability as our family has been visiting churches the past 3 months – some of the hard and good that have come from this journey. For those that might be new here, the backstory is I rolled off of staff as Children’s Director last December …

I’ve been thinking about time lately. It can feel fast and slow. It doesn’t feel like I’ve been married almost a decade. One moment it feels short, but then at the same time it’s hard to remember life without Brian. Friends of mine having babies have asked me questions and it’s hard to remember what it was like having my …

Parenting has been the most sanctifying process so far in my life. Nothing compares to it – not living overseas as a missionary, not marriage, not 11 years in ministry. I sometimes feel like I am really new at parenting being only 6 years in. I just finished a wonderful book called, God’s Grace for Every Family: Biblical Encouragement for …

Apparently I blog once a year. Maybe I’ll do it a bit more often in this new season. I’m a month out from wrapping up 11 years as Children’s Director at Park Springs Bible Church. I think I am only at the tip of the iceberg in looking back and seeing God’s faithfulness over the past decade. What a joy …

I’ve been asked this question a handful of times and it’s a great, intriguing question.  Before answering that question, I have considered the other question people have asked me: was I called to children’s ministry? My answer to that question is, I did not sense God’s calling before I started the job, but after I was already in it. I …

10 years of ministry. I can’t believe it’s been that long. If you would have told me 10 years ago that I would be Children’s Director at Park Springs Bible Church for this long, I don’t think I would have believed you. It has been a gift to have the month of August off for a sabbatical. Staff are given …