Category: Writing
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Not Everyone Who’s Smiling is Okay: What Grief & Healing Have Taught Me in 2025
Not everyone who’s smiling is okay. Grief isn’t always loud – sometimes it hides in the quiet, in canceled plans, in the friend who seems “fine”. This is what 2025 has taught me about loss, presence, and the God who meets us in our sorrow.
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Healing in Honduras: What Tears Can Teach Us
I don’t remember her name. I’m not sure I ever caught it. I wish I did. Her face was soaked with tears. I couldn’t understand most of what she said – my Spanish wasn’t strong enough – but I could feel it. The way she ached to her bones as she tried to catch her…
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Digital Ghosts: Let People Go
Social media makes us believe we should keep everyone we’ve ever crossed paths with in our orbit – forever. But life isn’t meant to work that way. People come and go – that’s normal.
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Log Off & Live
We were never meant to keep everyone we’ve ever met in our pocket. This is an invitation to let go – of old connections, digital clutter, and the weight you didn’t know you were carrying.
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Freedom is Found in Letting Go
At some point, you realize one of the most powerful things you can do is simply this: Let people be who they are.
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New Year, New Fruit
As we step into this new year, let’s ground ourselves in the truth of John 15:5: “I am the vine, you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit.”
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Graves into Gardens
The beauty of God’s restoration is that He doesn’t just heal our wounds; He uses them for something greater.
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Garden of Grace
stained red garments – washed winter white; walking through darkness, i found light…
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Deeply Rooted
As the vine sustains the branches & the oak stands firm through every storm, Christmas brings us back to the One who sustains & strengthens us – Jesus.
Oak & Vine 