This week I am away from James for the first time since we married, almost 4 months ago.  I am in SC a few days early for my brother’s wedding, and James will fly here Friday after his classes.  It’s only a short while that we’ll be apart, but it’s so much harder than I … Continue reading →

After a much too long absence, I am back on my blog. Now, I realize I may have lost all 15 readers that I had… but alas, I have a deep desire to share with those who will listen what I’m learning about life and marriage(!) these days. Continue reading →

This summer I worked at Amnion Crisis Pregnancy Center for my internship for school.  This fall Hope Pregnancy Center asked would I like a part time job.  Hope is connected to a Baptist church in North Philly.  Thus far, it has been an amazing experience of learning as I go!  My previous supervisor from Amnion … Continue reading →

As I look out the window at the changing leaves and as I pull on my wool socks, I can’t believe October is in full swing.  I must say, I love being in Philadelphia in October.  Though I’m pulling on wool socks, the weather here is so much milder than Minnesota.  I miss you, MN friends, … Continue reading →

“We don’t like God too close, especially if… we can’t control.  We have a primal fear of walking with God in the garden, naked, without clothing.  We desperately want intimacy, but when it comes, we pull back, fearful of a God who is too personal, too pure.  We’re much more comfortable with God at a … Continue reading →

We can see God’s providence and care most clearly when we stop and look at the details of our life.  I can see His providence in my life in great detail as of late.  I am working part time this summer at Amnion, Crisis Pregnancy Center and every job/ministry position I’ve had since I graduated … Continue reading →

” Modern psychology in its most significant form is a markerplace of differing popular philosophies of life.”  David Powlison “Psychology and Christianity Continue reading →

A reminder before I fell asleep… “From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, from the first gathering of evening shadows until the daystart shines, in all conditions and under all circumstances, it shall be well with the righteous.  It is so well with him that we cannot imagine it to … Continue reading →

I wish I was a poet, a creative writer or an artist.  I feel things about my new church that words or pictures cannot describe.  I wish you could come sit with me and experience the gospel with me there.  I want to tell you something about it, so I will struggle to say something.  … Continue reading →

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