This is my dear friend, Heidi. My creative, inspiring, courageous, hilarious, generous, beautiful friend, Heidi. She’s on the left. I’m on the right. We first met when volunteering at the same youth group in VA. Teens would get us confused. One girl in particular used to run up to me quite often and say, “Hey Heidi!” I can’t blame her. Blondes with big teethy smiles can be confusing. Heidi is the creator and CEO of her own companies- Heth Design…
For the months of September and October, the arts ministry I’m involved with (Infused Arts) had a huge exhibit at our church. 37 visual artists and writers combined to work for six months on our individual projects wrapped around the theme of the names of God. All kinds of artists came together to collaborate, share ideas, give and receive inspiration, and most importantly, seek the Spirit. We had some powerful times of worship, prayer, encouragement, and laughter as we studied and read about the hundreds…
Over the summer a group of friends and I went through Kelly Minter’s Bible Study, What Love is. Kelly mentioned her struggle with fear in the book, and suggested her previously written study, No Other Gods. I jumped right on it, and another friend joined in! No Other Gods is part of The Living Room Series. (Not to be mistaken with her stand alone book by the same title.) Kelly not only teaches readers how to dive deeply into Scripture, but…
We’ve been living in our new house for over three weeks now! It was fun to be all moved just in time for Halloween. That was the day I heard the door bell ring for the first time. It had been too early in the day for Trick or Treaters, and we had friends coming over, but not for another hour. I assumed somebody was arriving early. (Can we just stop and take a minute to bemoan early arrivers?!) Even though I wasn’t ready for early guests, I gave myself a pep talk…
I had a post all lined up for today. Being that it’s launch week and all, I wanted to write two posts instead of one. But, today turned out to be nothing like I expected, and thought some of you might be able to relate to the day I’m having. I would rather post the happy story already written, but in the spirit of being genuine I’ll share this little tidbit instead. Today stinks. Several months ago I heard about…
I was sitting on our cozy, more than well-worn couch with my hands wrapped around a warm mug of coffee. The windows were open because the house was stuffy, but I found myself getting chilly by the slight Fall breeze. My friend Molly was sitting across from me on the other end of our larger than life couch. As we were discussing our Bible study lessons for that week, I blurted out, “I’m so annoyed by this author. I wish…
The realization of a lifelong dream starts tomorrow. My stomach is in knots. I feel giddy. I’ve thought of this moment long into the night, and have fallen asleep so happy at just the idea. God has given me a brand new vision for this blog. He has inspired my heart, and brought many creative people around to help on this adventure! My hands are nearly shaking as I try to grasp all God has planned. Falling in love with Jesus…
I would like to introduce you to my dear friend and very first guest blogger, Lisa Beavers. Lisa and I grew up in the same church community in Northeastern PA, but it took us moving out to Minneapolis in our twenties, and becoming roommates to realize we were kindred spirits. Both us of married guys in full-time ministry, and we each had our two kids just months apart from each other. Thank you Lisa for sacrificing your valuable time, and…
Thank you Jesus.
This guy right here is pretty amazing. Recently he did some behind the scenes work on the blog. You can now sign up for email notifications when something new is posted in a much easier way! (See “Follow By Email”, top right.) Chuck also added convenient ways to Tweet, Pin, post, or share any posts on social media (see the bottom of each post). He shows me love in such techy ways. I’m so thankful for him. He still makes my heart go aflutter. Tomorrow…
