"We're going to be a blessing to this family." Those were words I heard so many times growing up. Almost every week we had at least one family come over for dinner, often more. My mom would prepare a meal, usually with food items that were difficult to find in Mongolia so it would be extra ... Read More about Hospitable Together – Making Service a Family Mission
Motherhood: A Call to Radical Selflessness
It was 3am. I had already been up several times nursing our newborn when I heard my three-year-old daughter begin to sleep talk in the other room. I knew what would come next: my one-year-old daughter would be woken up by her big sister’s out loud dreaming and would begin her angry cries. This ... Read More about Motherhood: A Call to Radical Selflessness
A Note to the Single
We live in a world where two makes sense and one is often seen as only a problem to be fixed. This leads those who are single to often feel inadequate for the job of living life and lacking in their experience of joy. Yet, in the scope of reality, the feelings of inadequacy don’t simply fade ... Read More about A Note to the Single
A New Earthly Home + Grounding When Stress Hits
If you had told me in August we would be moving this fall, I would have thought you were crazy. Well… God has a way of doing things that surpasses our own understanding. Because that is exactly what we’re doing in exactly one week. The story behind this new home is one only God could write. ... Read More about A New Earthly Home + Grounding When Stress Hits
Friendish – Book Recommendation
A few months ago, I saw that there was a new book coming out on friendship from a Christian perspective, and I was immediately intrigued. This is a subject that God has been actively working on in my life for the past few years, giving me a greater understanding of His design and purpose for it, so ... Read More about Friendish – Book Recommendation