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Where You Go I Will Go: When God Sends You a Ruth
We have been reading the book of Ruth through only one lens. We scan the pages for Boaz and miss the covenant that made everything else possible. Before there was a harvest or a blessing, there was Ruth choosing to stay with Naomi in the middle of her devastation.
This post looks at what that kind of loyalty teaches us about healing in community, and I share the story of the three people who showed up at my door during my hardest August, when I could not even answer the phone. You do not need a full cup to show up for someone. You just need to go.
We Couldn’t Do It Without Him
Here is the truth that holds this entire forgiveness series together — we cannot do any of this on our own. Not one bit of it.
In the final post of the Forgiveness Series we get to the heart of everything. Why forgiveness is a divine collaboration not a human achievement. What the parable of the lost sheep has to do with forgiving yourself. And what it actually feels like when the Holy Spirit downloads something into your spirit that shifts everything. This post was written from the middle of the journey — not the end of it. Because we are in this together. And God meets us exactly where we are.
Forgiveness Has a Scope, And a Boundary
Forgiveness and boundaries are not opposites. You do not have to stay in what is hurting you to prove that your forgiveness is real.
In Part 3 of the Forgiveness Series we talk about the full scope of forgiveness — who, what, where, and when — and we name something the church doesn't always say clearly enough: being a woman of God does not mean being silent about harm. We explore what Jesus actually said about leaving, what boundaries really are, why pursuing justice is not unforgiveness, and what forgiving yourself has to do with all of it. This one is for the woman who has been told that staying was the faithful thing to do.
Because He First Forgave Us
Why does Jesus ask us to forgive? It's a fair question — and the answer is more convicting than comfortable. In Part 2 of the Forgiveness Series we get honest about the Jonah moment — that place where you don't want grace to be available to the person who hurt you. We explore the difference between reading the Bible with a Disney mindset versus an honest one, what Matthew 18 really says about forgiveness, and the difference between guilt and God's conviction. Because guilt keeps you ashamed and stuck. God's conviction points you toward hope. And that difference changes everything.
The Hourglass in My Head
Anxiety doesn't always show up for the big moments. Sometimes it shows up on a Tuesday morning in your closet and feels just as loud and urgent as a real crisis. If you've ever felt trapped in a spiral of what ifs, you're not alone. God's Word has something to say about it.
In this post we explore what anxiety actually feels like from the inside, the gap between knowing scripture and letting it work in you, and how 2 Timothy 1:7 is helping shift the battle of what ifs into something steadier. This is not a one size fits all fix. This is an honest conversation about anxiety, faith, and the Holy Spirit meeting you right where you are.
My Best Decision
That morning messed me up, for the better. I began questioning many things afterward. I started wondering why I was telling people that I was a Christian and what it meant to claim Jesus.