A life on adventure with Jesus
“Remember the Alamo!” It was the statement that was shouted in the middle of the iconic battle in San Antonio, Texas. Those words gave a reason to fight. A focus-point when all around them was crumbling. Battle cries are important. They become fuel for… Continue Reading “My Battle Cry for 2018”
Sitting at the end of 2017 and looking towards the beginning of 2018 gives a unique perspective. One year closing up and another one…foggy in the near distance. What’s in a year? Is it made up of merely hours, days, weeks and months…or is… Continue Reading “What’s in a Year?”
Depression. There are days when it seems as if the world is coming to an end. You’re living on the edge. You feel like everything you touch is ruined. We’ve all had those days. The ones where you want to go into hibernation for… Continue Reading “He Makes Me Brave”
It’s 2017. December 2017. I can remember when I was writing 1997 on my school papers. It seems like yesterday: jumping off the shed roof with my brothers, painting my face with dandelions and mulberries, and trying to do wheelies with my bike. Then… Continue Reading “THAT Single Girl”
Sitting in my room at fourteen years old and reading his story was the first I heard of him. The man I read about in those pages was a pastor in Ukraine and had the faith of a giant. I read about the things… Continue Reading “Contagious Courage”
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you: I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will place My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully… Continue Reading “Bravery that’s Bigger than Me”
It was one of those moments. The kind that movies are made of….and I stood there wondering what I should do. For years I had heard the gentle whisper of God’s Spirit and had ignored it. Maybe even pushed it away forcefully. Stubbornly. This… Continue Reading “A Passport and a Backpack”
Joshua 1:9 (HCSB), “Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Be Brave. Those are the words I used to think of when I was scared of… Continue Reading “Live Brave and Courageous”
Often, I am guilty of looking at people in Scripture as some kind of out-of-this-world picture of perfection. I look at the folks in the Bible as heroes. Super-human. Yet, when I take the time to really read their stories, I see something different…I… Continue Reading “From Wimp to Warrior”