Let’s talk about those moments you are expected to strike a smile and put your best foot forward when things around you feel like they are collapsing. I recently experienced a trying time at work. I nearly lost my mind and wanted to give up. I felt tested to limits of peak exhaustion. I also had an interview I should have felt excited to attend, but everything around the interview caused intense stress and severe emotional turmoil. I cried four times the day before and left t

When the Bible says to pray without ceasing, I used to think it was impossible. What does that even look like? How can I pray when I’m doing all these things? I didn’t have an answer or understand what it meant. After years of practice building a relationship with God, it morphed into better understanding. I am still learning how to pray without ceasing, but I can testify to the present difference in how much I talk to Jesus about whatever- from how I feel, to consideration o

A silly story about what big worries do to a person when the outcome is smaller than anticipated and what to learn from the experience.