A friend approached me in tears recently wondering how to go forward after a major loss in ministry due to someone else's heartbreaking moral failing. This loss tempted my friend to despair and even consider leaving her ministry. Because I've experienced my own losses in ministry, my heart remembered the deep-rooted truths that got me […]
"You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock." -Isaiah 26:3-4 This is a call to be centered on the Lord in the midst of life’s hardness. When it's hard, He is harder. […]
I know a true warrior and her name is Kelly Balarie. She wars against fear and she also wars for encouragement in faith, hope, and love. I don't know about you, but I need people like that on my side! That is why I want to introduce her and her new book, Fear Fighting, to you as she […]
A Christmas word problem for you: There is a busy woman who has 1,000 anxious thoughts about the upcoming Holiday season. She entrusts herself to the Lord and casts all of her anxieties on the Lord as she prays and gives thanks. What does that equal? Mathematically we would obviously say that she then has zero […]
I'm revisiting my dream of writing and reminding myself of the truths in this old post from last year... Do you have a dream? God has made you and molded you in your life circumstances for certain gifts, longings, desires and passions. Often times, these stir in our hearts and minds for years and months […]
It’s that time of year when I begin to sense a shift. Even though it's not officially fall, pumpkin latte selfies are on the verge of being the rage. Back to school pictures on Facebook pop up in my feed, I find it really is the time to stock up on school supplies, and I […]
Long walks and bike rides have been P.E. at the Jung Homeschool this week. Warm days and new spring life sprouting up and down the sidewalks from our house to the downtown riverfront call us outdoors. We respond with a passion, a camera, bikes and a scooter. I remember why spring is my favorite season. […]
I nestle down in my writing nook and open the window to cool spring air and birds singing. Before my alarm goes off to remind me to write, I'm writing. This is the first morning to click the "Add New" link in WordPress in well over a month. There seems to be a calm before a […]
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Advent Joy isn’t shallow or sentimental—it is rooted in the appearing of Christ. When Scripture speaks of Christ being manifested, it means that God has made Himself clearly seen, known, and encountered in order to save. “The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation…” — Titus 2:11, ESV The Child in the manger is the […]
Where do you long for Christ’s Peace to enter your story this week? Or have you given up hope for that? Perhaps it would be good for you and me to remember Jesus' words about the kind of peace He gives. "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the […]