Refreshing Faith

A Simple Request

Growing up I often went snow skiing. Living in Alaska, it’s pretty much on the agenda over the weekends in the winter. I loved…

INTIMIDATION

in·tim·i·date: frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what…

Freedom in Friendship

No one prepares you for the feeling of leaving your child behind.

Socially Awkward

You know that person? You know the one, the one who blurts out their thoughts without pause for social situation consideration…

Blindsided

I’d played it all out. I had an outfit for every occasion. I had a plan for every scenario. I had an idea of what I would do when it was…

Longing For Worse Days

It’s quiet in my house. Everything seems normal to anyone from the outside looking in. My 5 month old baby girl is…

Weathered

I listened as my mother shared about a week that was less than ideal. Conflict, argument, condescension, subtext, it was all just dramatic…

Friends With the World

“What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?” James 4:1