Identity Development

Five Steps for Developing Your Voice

In learning to use one's voice, it's easy to think you're not making any progress. For anyone first discovering that they have real...

Burdens and Loads: Health in Community

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Each one should test their own actions. Then they can...

Write Your Story: One of the best ways to heal

I just finished Brandi Carlile's memoir Broken Horses and I loved it. It's well written, a bit dramatic (like her) and full of very human...

Good In, Bad Out

When trying to heal, humans beings need to develop two essential processes. Good In Bad Out Seems simple enough, but most of us struggle...

Objects

Sports have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I love to run, hit, jump, race, and beat my opponents. There's...

When I am Weak

This week I am heading to El Salvador on a mission trip with our church. It's with an organization called Filter of Hope, which...

Yourself is Good Enough

If I am this fragile just dropping my sweet girl off at camp for a month, what kind of sloppy mess will I be when I have to leave her at...

A Woman's Voice

A few weekends ago a very close friend of mine, Carrie Tucker, graduated from seminary. We drove six hours through Dallas traffic chaos...

Run Free

"If I knew that this run would make NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL in the shape and size of my body, would I still go?" I'm constantly battling...