Life isn’t always sunshine and skittles. Christian women get that. We don’t just go to church because religion is cool. We know we need Jesus. Read my posts about christian living here.
Do you ever wish you could breathe fresh life into your quiet time? I was there recently. I have always been a firm believe that all I need in my quiet time is my Bible, Jesus, and myself. But I was in a bad…
Life as a mother of four is rarely dull, but sometimes it’s less than noteworthy. That’s the kind of week I’ve had. Yes, we are constantly on the go and there a million things going on, but none of them are really worth writing…
I forgot my son’s birthday. Like, completely spaced it. I knew it was coming. I had even bought him an early birthday present. But the morning of his birthday? Nothing. I woke him up, made him do chores, and sent him to school like…
It started out like any other day… I hit the snooze button multiple times, then finally drug myself out of bed. I visited with my husband who had already been awake for over an hour, taken kids to cross country practice, made coffee, and…
I got this knot in the pit of my stomach. I was overwhelmed by this feeling of failure. Like I could never do it on my own. Like I was going to fail. Our book, Candid Conversations was launching in less than a week…
Before my migraines started in July of 2017, I never really understood what the difference was between chronic illnesses and regular illnesses. I mean, pain is pain, right? Wrong. The difference is that chronic pain never stops. It keeps on hurting, after most people’s…
Who is Jesus to you? Or what do you believe about Jesus? That question (whichever way you word it) is probably the singular most important question we will ever answer. Yet many of us don’t put much thought into it. We believe what we…
“Pass him! Pass him!! Pass!!! Him!!!!” I screamed louder and louder until my voice grew horse. The cross country runners were less than twenty yards from the finish line and closing and my boy was just inches from passing the runner in front of…
As I closed the door I realized that I had failed again. The sweet ladies I had just told I wasn’t interested in what they were peddling had been nothing but kind. And I was dismissive. Worse yet, I had suggested I already had…
Have you ever thought you were over something and then found out in the worst possible way that you weren’t? That the pain was still very, very real? Maybe some wounds never fully heal. I guess I’ll just come right out and say it.…
Someone in our church was hurting. It started as a difference of opinions. We were praying for guidance and there was a disagreement over where God was leading us. The one whose opinion wasn’t chosen for the final direction was hurt. What do you…
Last year, I was driving a couple of neighbor kids to school and had an eye-opening experience. The first day, while I was scowling and muttering unkind things in the direction of the car in front of me, they commented that they had never…
Y’all, I know this site is called Candidly Christian, but somethings are easier to be candid about than others. Somethings are just plain hard to admit… Like my overwhelming fear of failure. Over a year and a half ago I wrote about how we…