being present

Hey there, blog friends! It’s been a few days, hasn’t it? :)

I mentioned in my previous posts that we’d be doing a little traveling this week – and WHEW! have we ever. It’s been fun, though. We spent the weekend in Melbourne, FL where my husband Josh spoke to a group of students and adults …

carrying burdens

I have been so overwhelmed by the messages I have received lately. You really don’t know what others are going through, until you allow yourself to be REAL about what you are going through. And it can be embarrassing and painful to admit you are struggling… but honestly, who isn’t? We are all struggling with …

finding purpose

Can I breathe a sigh of relief and say I’m thankful yesterday is over? Whew… I’m thankful yesterday is over. It was not a fun day. For many reasons unassociated with Halloween itself. Even though it does happen to be my least favorite holiday. In fact, I don’t even think of it as a holiday. …

A word from Luke, not John.

I don’t usually blog on Sundays. I barely have a moment to sit down at all to be honest. But, I have a few minutes before bed time and I wanted to share something I heard from the Lord this morning. And it had nothing to do with the message at church today (which was …