For the past 15 months or so, I’ve been hosting a weekly podcast called “Finding Something REAL.” When I describe it to people, I say it’s a podcast for seekers and believers needing encouragement. But lately as I pause to reflect about who it’s really for- I know it’s for the young woman figuratively sitting in the back of the church. It’s for the girl who grew up in a Christian home and now struggles to know if she can really trust what she’s been taught all her life. And it’s also for the girl who has never experienced the love of Christ but has started to wonder if maybe He’s legit. The Finding Something REAL podcast is for the believer struggling with faith and the skeptic struggling with doubt.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I was enjoying a relaxing evening in a cozy home in The Netherlands. It was an ambiance of dimmed lights, candles, blankets and music with some precious people I consider to be dear- part of my Dutch family. We started talking about
Read MoreDo you ever just want your life to have significance or purpose?
Me too.
I have heard the desire for meaning is a universal human desire and we all crave it.
Yesterday afternoon, the front door unexpectedly opened and in walked our…
Read More“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”
~James 4:10
I was nineteen. My friend and I were hanging out in my dorm room…
Read More“I paid $20 to go volunteer in Caleb’s classroom today. I sit with a glue stick and construction paper and wonder how this happened to my life.” - Thoughts after paying a babysitter for a couple hours in my son’s Kindergarten classroom.
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