Broken but Running

the happenings of actively pursuing Jesus in every corner of life and the world

You're the joy lighting my soul
The joy making me whole
Though I'm broken, I am running
Into Your arms

-Rend Collective

The Power of Prayer

“The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you...Be...

And Then There Were Six

Now we’re starting to live biblically! Truth is, God often times gives us more than we can handle, contrary to the popular saying that...

The Day We Sold Our Home

"Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path." -Psalm 119:105 Working in conjunction with God; now that is my dream gig. I’ve...

Life Changes- And I Wouldn't Change it For the World

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. -Mark 10:45 Photo by Bryn...

To My Son, On Your Adoption Day

“This resurrection life you receive from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a...

Perspective from the Chaos

“I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so...

Learning to Let Go and Survive

"For from the very beginning God decided that those who came to him- and He knew who would- should become like His Son" -Romans 8:28 I...

The Day We Became Special Needs Parents

Be still, and know that I am God -Psalm 46:10 I honestly don’t know where to begin this past week. My head is still spinning because it...

Praying for God's Priorities

These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is...

Confessions of a Bullet Point, Check List Nerd

When you attempt to live by your own religious plans and projects, you are cut off from Christ, you fall out of grace. Meanwhile we...

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