On Lipstick and Decades: Seeking, Dwelling and Finding Answers To Who We Are

The shape looked different than my normal lipsticks. It pointed toward the tip and sloped in the middle. Somehow on this quiet Sunday morning where thy busyness of a typical morning routine fell absent, I noticed my go-to autumn colored lipstick tip. As I continued with my make-up routine, I mused over those old teeny bopper magazines I used to giggle over with my girlfriends. We’d sit on our hot pink covered beds as we smacked and popped even hotter pink bubble gum while reading articles that grabbed our attention: What The Shape Of Your Lipstick Says About You. As … Continue Reading »»

What it looks like to sit still in prayer

A list runs through my mind as I pray. Things weighing heaving on my heart. Things I’m unsure about and need direction. Things I need. Things I think I need, but really just want. Things I’m hoping for friends and family. Things I need forgiveness. It is quite busy in my head as I take a deep breath and talk to my King. I talk so much in many areas of my life, why should that be different with my prayer conversations? The busy-ness in my head is quite exhausting and drowns out what I really need, what my heart … Continue Reading »»

Devoted to Conversation

  There is one common question I am asked continually by readers, friends and those I mentor:   How do I stay on the bandwagon? How do I stay motivated to make time for Jesus? How do I have an effective “quiet time” or “devotion time?” My answer to share is so very simple, yet really not that simple. I would like for you to hear me out with an open mind as we rearrange our perspective on this topic. We stay passionate about our time with Jesus, our time in the Bible, our time in prayer by looking at … Continue Reading »»