earthly

Have you ever felt liked you couldn’t escape something God was trying to teach you? For example, a word that keeps popping up EVERY. WHERE. In music, scripture, conversations…no matter how far you run. It’s still there! Well, lately…that word is dust. Ironic…because there is no dust to be found in KC right now. We’ve … Continue reading earthly

hear

My eyes are closed and my soul is in conflict. So many things tackling my senses at once and my mind has trouble processing what my eyes have just seen. When I open my eyes…it’s still there so far below me. The trash. The dump. The ants scurrying over it…wait, no...those are people. There are … Continue reading hear

lift

Arguments, confrontation and walls so thick that a wrecking ball wouldn’t be able to break it down...it drives me crazy when believers fight. I get that family members have fights, especially when we are passionate people. But what does that show non-believers if we can’t get along? Would you want to be a part of … Continue reading lift

cover

'Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.' [1 Peter 2:16] As believers in this day and age I think we cover up a lot of things...sin, real-self, feelings...I could go on... But as we walk in this world we need to … Continue reading cover

vision

Everyone has dreams. Even those that are told they are not allowed to dream…secretly, they have dreams for themselves. What I love about a dream is the amount of passion that is behind it. Whether you are driven by love, soul or God…the passion that can ignite a dream to fulfillment is beautiful and sometimes … Continue reading vision

live

Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe… Breath is life for our bodies. Without it…we are nothing. Life giving oxygen, but as much as our bodies might be living…the world is a dull grey with foggy outlines without the love of God filling our souls turning our world into vivid colors and sharpening our vision … Continue reading live

spirit

God. Jesus. Holy Spirit. The Trinity. I love God. Jesus is my friend. But honestly, Spirit is the one I feel closest to most of the time. How could you not? Jesus repeatedly said, hey ya’ll I’m leaving…but I’m leaving something behind for you. And it will be something that is so fluid, yet transparent … Continue reading spirit

world

There once was a little girl who had not a care in the world. Her bed was warm. Her belly was full. Her bike had tires. Her family took fantastic vacations. She went to school. She had water out of not only a kitchen faucet, but a bathroom faucet, too, plus a toilet. Unfortunately…she lived … Continue reading world

settle

Jesus Culture has this song called, ‘I Won’t Settle’ by Nate Ward. Recently it’s been playing on repeat through my head…ironically, even before I started my Lent journey of blogging a word from Rethink Church’s 40 days of photos. This word kept sticking with me, because I think we settle for things in this life … Continue reading settle

injustice

I will never forget how God started pointing me to his scriptures on ‘justice.’ I printed off every scripture that had the word ‘justice’ in it and started going through them one-by-one. Granted it only lasted about 3 months…but God started me on a journey with it and marked me with Isaiah 58. If you … Continue reading injustice