It was over 4 years ago that God gave Jon and I a specific mission to plant a church in a little neighborhood called Southwest Waterfront D.C. At first we didn't want to go. How on earth was a newly married couple right out of Seminary supposed to plant a church in a place we … Continue reading The Church Planting Wife: When God’s Plans are Different
2 years! It's been 2 years since we moved to Washington D.C. with a hope and prayer of being able to plant Mercy Hill Church! Ya'll we moved here knowing no one (which I wouldn't suggest to anybody) and had no idea how to get a church off the ground. But God, He did! Despite … Continue reading Thoughts from a church planting wife: Year 2
It's been a year, a year since moving to this crazy wonderful city I now get to call home. Moving to the city was certainly a culture shock. Things like carrying your groceries home (aka only buying what you can carry with a kid in toe), to rarely using your car and thinking a 1 … Continue reading Thoughts from a Church Planting Wife: A Year In
Today I’m writing from my living room, where you will find my seven month old bouncing in his jungle themed bouncer, and you’ll find me on the couch with my laptop sipping a much needed cup of coffee (We started sleep training, aka I NEED MORE COFFEE) and holding onto a newly signed lease with … Continue reading Thoughts from a Church Planting wife
Recently my small group has been studying through the book of Genesis, and to be honest, this study could not have come at a better time. In my personal walk with the Lord I have been dealing with inadequacy, and what better encouragement than to read and study about every day people who made mistakes, … Continue reading When God’s grace meets your mess
When is the last time you have had a vulnerable moment? One of those moments in time where you allow someone else to see what’s been going on deep inside your thoughts and heart? These moments are so very precious, and very much needed when you get to have them with other believers. A few … Continue reading That little thing called comparison…
Discipleship… This word is used often in the church today. We have discipleship programs, discipleship groups, discipleship classes, etc. But what is discipleship? And what does discipleship look like? These are the questions I have been wrestling through the past couple of months. We were mandated by Jesus in Matthew 28:19-20 to “Go therefore and make … Continue reading Called to Disciple
Fact: I’m struggling with this… How about you? Do you find yourself seeking the approval of others? Do you bend over backwards for people? Do you do whatever someone asks of you, even if it might not be the best for your sanity? Do you get sick to your stomach when you make someone upset? … Continue reading The Art of Pleasing People
Grace Overflowed 