Running From God

I got a text from a friend.  She said that she wanted to run away.  Immediately, I resonated with that simple sentence.  Yes, me too!  I want to run away.  Life doesn’t feel fun right now.  I see hurting people everywhere I […]

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A Time To Speak

I’ve been putting this off for over a year.   It’s time to tell my God stories.  There are so many of them, and I know they have the potential to help a lot of people.  The reason I have been putting it […]

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In Christ All Things Are Made New

“And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21:5‬ ‭ESV‬‬

A Prayer To Get Back To God

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Dear God, I feel so far away from you. I know you are always with me, but I […]

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Forgive Your Dad for Father’s Day

So it’s Father’s Day.  You’re feeling grumpy because everyone around you seems to be celebrating a day that you just don’t care about. Why should you?  Your Dad screwed up. He wasn’t there for you like he was supposed to be. You’ve […]

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What I Want To Get Out of Telling My Story

Sometimes I log into my blog and jot down a few notes and save a photo because I know I’m going to want to come back to write about it.  Today as I sat down to work I saw this post here […]

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Don’t Get Discouraged

                  On Friday April 26, 2019 I published a blog post called Courage To Tell The Truth About Sin It is a blog post that I had mostly written right after Bill Hybels stepped down […]

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Courage To Tell The Truth About Sin

Last year, there were allegations made against my pastor, Bill Hybels. Those allegations culminated in his early retirement and the entire elder board at Willow Creek Community Church stepping down.  Our family attended Willow Creek in South Barrington for 13 years before […]

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Women Fight for Your Family In Prayer

Do you know how to fight for your family in prayer?  I was homeschooling my kids one day and while I was listening to one of my kids read through her lesson I haphazardly draped my long braid over the top of […]

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Unfolding A Miracle: I’m Still Here

On Saturday February 24, 2018 I finished completely printing my entire blog.  I have been walking around pregnant with this testimony for so long.  It has been long over due in coming and I felt tremendous relief to see the pages stacked […]

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