Our Bible study this year is the book of John. I never realized just how beautiful Jesus’ ministry was until I read this book and really studied it. Reading the crucifixion was hard because so much of the situation felt so hypocritical. The Jewish leaders were focused on Passover, but they didn’t realize that the…

I’m currently at a women’s event at church called the IF:  Gathering (at lunch, don’t worry), and I am learning a lot about God but also who I am in God. We always seem to think about the person of Jesus as someone who gives peace, but it’s more than that…..Jesus is peace. This is…

We have a tradition that started as a result of a story from my first year in college. I was home from school and was on little sleep from midterms. When I asked my mom while we were at the store, why did the chocolate bunnies look so shady. That Easter, I received a sketchy…

Have any of you seen the second Incredibles movie? The one where the mom is away doing superhero things, but the dad was left at home? The moment when Mr. Incredible rants about how hard parenting is and the scene where he’s worn out and needs Edna’s help are all very real to how I…

I woke up grumpy today. We were running late to church already and I decided that I didn’t want to go. I was frustrated. I felt defeated because of my physical appearance, I felt far from God because of where my head was, and I wanted nothing to do with any of it this morning.…

What do you build your life on? Have you ever thought about what the number one priority in your life is? Think about it like this, if you were a company, what would your mission statement be? What are your values? We started a new series at our church this week (shout out to our…

When people ask how I’m doing, I tend to answer, living my best life. There are times when I mean that in the most sarcastic way ever, but then there are days when I really am. I struggle with the image of perfection when it comes to seeing social media persona. I see people who…

We spent the past almost twoish months studying the book of Jonah. As I mentioned previously, Jonah was known as the angry prophet because of his reaction to when God sent him to the Ninevites to call them to repent. Jonah took a ship in the opposite direction from Ninevah to Tarshish. A great storm…

The story of Jonah is pretty well known, but we are diving a lot deeper into the angry prophet as he was called in church the past few weeks. What I have learned from Jonah so far is this; 1. He didn’t like what God called him to so he ran 2. He went as…