About those potholes...
I’m BAAAACK! Listen, the Lord has been doing some work in me. I let the circumstances of my life get in the way of what He had planned for me – and as reasonable as it sounds to say “I had a baby” as an excuse, it really isn’t one. And it isn’t a good one because the truth is - I didn’t even try. So, let’s all acknowledge that potholes be potholing, and let me start sharing what God is doing. A couple of weeks ago I pulled down the three published posts for The Battle Cry Se
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Battle Cry Series: Is the Bible true?
Is the Bible true? Is it fact or fiction? I’ll be completely honest about my shortcomings in this arena. Once I got comfortable with Jesus, who he was, what he did, and what that means for me (basically, the New Testament)…I just took the rest of the Bible (Old Testament) at face value. I understood it was a picture of the character of God, what he loves and hates, how he wants to interact with us, what his expectations are – and I never really went any further into caring ab
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Battle Cry Series: Is the Bible reliable?
This was one of the top arguments new-age inspired me had against Bible truth – and is often a question that sits with seasoned Christians. It’s a valid question – if man has an inclination toward sin, and man compiled the Bible, and man translated the Bible – how do we know that what it says today is what it said 1,000 years ago and it hasn’t been skewed to meet the varying agendas of men in power over time? Let me just put one thing to bed right now – the Bible has been twi
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Who's the Boss?
I am studying the temptation of Jesus in preparation for a Scarred Perspectives podcast . Obviously, I don’t want to get too deep into...
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Jul 27, 20253 min read


Hope & Faith
“I feel my hope shrinking, but my faith is not. I find myself more expectant of the worst-case scenario but fiercely protecting what I...
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Fellowship and Suffering
My daughter loves music. There is a very specific playlist I played the whole time I was pregnant, and now when we’re having a rough day...
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Jun 23, 20253 min read


Who I am.
A Facebook friend posted a compilation video of the body toxicity we were fed in the early 2000’s – Nicole Richie being asked if she...
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Jun 3, 20253 min read


