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A Lenten Experience Week 1: Lamenting The Unexpected Life
For hundreds of years, Christians worldwide have prepared for Easter’s joy by observing Lent. Although predominantly a Catholic and Orthodox practice, Christians of all denominations can and do observe Lent in an effort to prepare the heart, mind, and body for...
A Love Letter
Hi, friends. It's been too long, I know. Although I don't expect you to wait around for a new blog post to drop :), I apologize for my unexplained absence. The reasons for my silence are complicated, some painful, many private. Over the next weeks and months, I plan...
Podcast Episode 15: A God Who We Can Experience With Each Other
Podcast Episode 15: A God Who We Can Experience With Each OtherHere we are friends, walking the final few steps of our Relentless journey together- looking for the presence of God in the midst of our suffering, and what a road it has been! But we have just one more...
Podcast Episode 14: A God Whose Presence Lives in You
Relentless Podcast, Episode 14: A God Whose Presence Lives in YouHave you ever had a friend message you exactly what you needed to hear at the perfect moment? A few years ago, I received word that a friend I’d journeyed through Cancer simultaneously with had just been...
Podcast Episode 13: A God Who Is With You in Pain, Suffering, and Death
Relentless Podcast, Episode 13: A God Who Is With You in Pain, Suffering, and DeathSuffering is a great unifier, because all of us experience it and it puts all of us on the same ground. It’s also the great divider because it forces us to choose. We cannot stay...
Podcast Episode 12: A God Who Is With You in Your Hunger
Relentless Podcast, Episode 12: A God Who is With You In Your Hunger“I’m staaaaaarving.” Anyone else’s kiddos claim this on a regular basis? In July of 2011, we received a phone call that would change our lives forever. Three little kids, whose mama couldn’t care for...
Podcast Episode 11: A God Who is with You in the Process
Relentless Podcast, Episode 11: A God Who is With You In the ProcessHave you ever walked into a room and felt completely out of place? Like somehow there was something inherently flawed about you? That for some reason you just did not belong? Perhaps it’s happened to...
Podcast Episode 10: A God Who is With You In Your Doubt
Relentless Podcast, Episode 10: A God Who is With You In Your DoubtI love math. Always have. Just today, I felt a small thrill when my kids returned from school (AKA their computers in the kitchen, thankyouCovid) with a math problem they needed my assistance with. The...
Relentless Podcast Episode 9: A God Who is with You in Your Humanity
Relentless Podcast Episode 9: A God Who is with You in Your Humanity Chemo and radiation were complete, and I was hopeful I could finally enjoy a long-overdue meeting with my counselor, a little too hopeful… It was approximately ten minutes into the session when it...
