Steps (ok...leaps) of faith Reader, I've recently had the privilege of sharing the story behind my book, The Pursuit of Holy Leisure, at a couple of women's events. I'm kinda an introvert, and standing in front of a crowd was something I never thought I'd do. But God made a way, and I said, "Yes!" In today's post, I'm sharing a brief summary and the full audio file for my talk, "The One Thing Necessary." I hope you'll listen and consider what your "one thing" is, and how the pursuit of holy...

Let their adventure begin 💍 Reader, There's something especially sweet about new love, isn't there? All the anticipation and excitement of forging a new life together seem to be bottled up in one life-changing question. "Will you marry me?" Obviously, this has been a BIG topic of conversation around my house lately, but it's also had me thinking about changing seasons and God's faithfulness through it all. Wherever you are today, I hope you'll find encouragement in the timeless truth I...

Have you been late in loving beauty? Reader, That might seem like an odd question, especially since our culture is obsessed with beauty. Beauty stops us, and sells us. But there's a world of difference between noticing beauty and seeing God in beauty. When Augustine connected his love of beauty to God, he proclaimed of his discovery, "Late have I loved you, Beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you." He had admired beauty his whole life, but he was late in truly seeing it. Once he...