I am praying that 2026 is a year that I can focus on being fruitful. A focus on fruitfulness feels different than focusing on being productive. Fruitfulness helps get the focus off of me and what I accomplished (or didn’t) and focus more on God and what He had for me that day. So I’m…
Lately I’ve been meditating on hope. I want to really know what hope is (not just nod and assent to a vague definition of the word). What does hope like with work boots on, not all dressed up for church? How is hope lived out in every day ordinary life? What does it look like…
UPDATE 6 YEARS LATER: For some reason a quick sketch I did one morning was super popular on Pinterest. I sketched some quick and messy notes trying to think of different ways to interact with Scripture and then put a photo up on my blog. It has helped a lot of people interact with Scripture,…
UPDATE: This is one of my most popular posts of all time, written back in 2014. I am still using a Bible journal, though not as much as I was then, but that is just due to defaulting to being unorganized and forgetful more often than not. Seeing this journal and flipping through it again…
Today is the day I FINISHED transcribing the book of Proverbs for my son! I’m so excited! It has been just a little over a year since I first cracked open that composition notebook and wrote out the first nine verses on the right side page, and a note to my son on the left…