Why You’re Dying On the Balance Beam

Why You’re Dying On the Balance Beam

I tried to keep my balance for a really long time. A part of me knew there had to be something more in life, but a bigger part of me didn’t have the courage to believe I was able to change. So I walked, step by step, on the balance beam. And I stared at the...
#HeartCheck

#HeartCheck

It is not difficult to ACT like Christ. What is difficult is to REACT like Christ. What do your responses say about your soul? “Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.” –Proverbs 19:11 (NLT)
Hear Me

Hear Me

I got a nervous text from one of my very best friends, Molly Bear, last night. For a girl with the kind of energy that never fails to keep you on your toes and the kind of wit that leaves your stomach aching and your face burning from laughter, nervous was new. She...
What a 5-year-old taught me about suicide.

The Conversation We’re Scared To Start

It was January 3rd, 2009 that my daddy put a gun to his heart and pulled the trigger. It was January 3rd, 2009 that suicide shot its way into my vocabulary. That doubt, confusion and despair began to dance through my days. That grief growled through my words and...