To run with patience.

Is there a phrase or a Bible verse you’ve heard so many times you go on auto-pilot when you hear it repeated? As a runner, I’ve long had a bit of Scripture tucked away with special affection: …let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us…  I grasp for it when I push for the finish line

Food, Faith, Fitness… and a FREE BOOK!

‘Tis the season for starting fresh! I will eat better! Exercise more! Read my Bible EVERY! DAY! (Who’s with me!?) Aaaaaand, true confession: ‘Tis ALSO the season for a roller coaster ride of preoccupation with body image, crazy diets, and perfectionism. (Sigh.) Well, friends, if you’re riding the same coaster as me, I have a

Did you know… (One thing your child needs to hear today.)

I have this thing I do every so often as I tuck in each kid at night – and Owen’s reaction has become the funniest. I snuggle him close and say (with great dramatic flair, as if I’ve never said this to him before), “Did you know… if God had lined up allllllllll the baby boys in the

Brow lines, belly fat, & broken hearts. (Thoughts about the marks we bear.)

I’ve become somewhat preoccupied with the lines on my face this year. I’d like to tell you I’m incredibly self-assured, graciously embracing the changes in my skin and my body year after year. But that would be a lie. The truth is, I stare at myself for a shameful amount of time. Inches from the mirror, inspecting the changes

Confessions of a Backseat Driver

A whole lotta fog rolled in from somewhere this morning. As we drove to school, Owen (my first-born, Type A, backseat driver) asked if I had my lights on. The convo went down like this: Owen: Mom, do you have your lights on? Me: Yep. Owen: No, you don’t. Me: (double-checking) Um. Yes, I actually do.

Why I stopped doing things for Jesus. (And you should too.)

I’m not doing things for Jesus anymore. And I don’t think you should either. Before you shout “heresy,” let me ask you a question: do you have a song that is “that song” for you? Like, when it comes on, you’re compelled to stop whatever you’re doing and just let the song wash over you? Oceans

#firstfridayfinds: The thing I didn’t want to be true.

    I’m linking up with Elizabeth at Words and Wonder again for First Friday Finds. Be sure to visit her site to see the rest of the submissions, or to add your own! All you need is one verse and fifteen minutes. Here’s my September find:     “When we listen with the intent to

The blessed ache: And now you know.

I cried the Ugly Cry today.  My firstborn, my baby boy, that sweet boy who made me a mama, that bundle of life who waited so long and then came so fast I hardly knew what hit me… He starts school in one week. One week from today, I will drive him to a sweet old

Whole30: Day 15 (Halfway through and still pissy.)

It’s day 15 of our Whole30 journey. Halfway there! I want to say something funny and inspiring, but honestly I just feel annoyed by the whole thing. I don’t love it. I don’t really hate it either. I just don’t feel as great as I hoped I would by now. I spend a lot of time

#firstfridayfinds: To be found by us.

Today I’m linking up with Elizabeth at Words and Wonder for First Friday Finds. Be sure to visit her site to see the rest of the submissions, or to add your own! All you need is one verse and fifteen minutes. Here’s my August find: “God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps