Easter is going to look a lot different for many of us this year. If you live in the U.S. or any one of the hundreds of countries now affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, current life stands in stark contrast to what it did weeks or months ago. Each of us is living day by day, not knowing what to expect or when this crisis will end. Next weekend, we will celebrate the life of a Savior who conquered death. And yet, we are living in a season where death seems to reign supreme. How do we Continue Reading
3 Ways We Can Know We Heard from God
I could hear the apprehension in my friend’s voice. How could she know she heard from God? She wanted confirmation that the nudge was from him, but she wasn’t sure. Was the prompting something she produced in her own mind, or from her Creator? This uncertainty is all too familiar to me, because I still experience it. When it comes to discerning God’s voice, it’s often easier for me to tell someone else that something was from him than to believe it for myself. But the more I spend time with Continue Reading
The Most Important Element of Pursuing Our God-Sized Dream
“If we get a book deal, what should we do first?” I sat in a room full of other women with passion to share stories. Stories about a big God who breathed dreams into being. Stories about a Creator who stirred the creative spirit in each of us. We were in a Q & A session with a New York Times bestselling author and everyone sat on the edge of her seat, waiting for her to answer. “Well, first I would do a happy dance because that’s awesome,” she responded. “And then get on your knees. Continue Reading
