collections of stories
We will hear it a lot in the next few days…2020 was a hard year. And it was. 2020 will be forever marked with some terrible statistics which (tragically) are a neighbor’s personal story and some of us are gone too soon. If we fail to acknowledge that to us what might be a twisted [...]
On March 12th, I woke up at 3:47am. I sat up straight and I heard, felt, sensed God tell me... “I really am making ALL things NEW.” I’ve never been one to say that “God told me…” or “I heard God say…” because I feel like He never speaks to me audibly. [...]
My stomach flips. It doesn't last long but for a moment I'm nervous...I feel the weightiness, the potential, the meaning, the moment. And it feels different even though the thoughts display the same... I could say something wrong, I could point someone in the opposite direction, I could miss my chance, I could mess up. [...]
In July of 2015, I was working for a summer camp in Panama City Beach, Florida. Before every night session at camp we would meet in the green room for a production meeting and a devotional. The devotional that night was out of Psalm 51… Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew [...]
I am so thankful for the friends that are more than patient with me. My best friend still picks up the phone even though she is 99.5% sure of the conversation we are going to have. She knows that I keep running around in circles, that I know what I need to do but that [...]
On a Friday morning, I had breakfast (a THREE HOUR breakfast) with one of the sweetest friends ever. Seriously, we could sit there and talk for hours and it would feel like no time at all. She asked to hear my story, and she loved and encouraged me in so many ways it may be [...]
This holy week felt different. Good Friday was stormy complete with Narnia-esque snow, Saturday felt like we were in the waiting for the skies to break, and Sunday brought the sun, joy, and relief. On Saturday night a few of us gathered at the church to pray for Sunday morning services. Every environment, all the [...]
The Celeste Elizabeth 