At the age of 8, I wrote my first song...and little did I know of the journey music would soon take me on. At age 11, I performed my song, “Lost In My Future”, for the first time ever in a school talent show, and it was after I came off of the stage … [Continue reading]
“The closer you get to your calling, the louder fear sounds.” –Holley Gerth When I was in Junior high I had a bully. She and her minions would follow me home relentlessly almost every day after school in the 7th grade. She would taunt me, call me … [Continue reading]
Before I had kids I was brave…or, at least I thought I was. I also might have been a little crazier, a little less thoughtful of the others around me, a little…well, probably a lot of things. That’s just what happens when there aren’t little … [Continue reading]
Holley Gerth's book, You're Made For A God-Sized Dream will always hold a special place in my heart. You see, this is the book that started it all. My mom (Holley) had donated a ton of copies of this book to the house I was living at. After reading … [Continue reading]
“If you have gone through hurts in this life and you have kept your heart open, then you are a remarkable person…You have made a choice that few do.” –Holley Gerth, You’re Made for a God-sized Dream, Chapter 3 “He didn’t mean to kill Patty. He … [Continue reading]
I remember first reading about Hagar, the Egyptian maidservant of Abraham's wife, Sarah. Sarah and Abraham had no children, but desperately longed for them. Abraham knew God has said he would be the father of many nations, but Sarah, in her old age … [Continue reading]
The road to my home goes up the side of a mountain. It curves back and forth, as it winds its way up the steep incline. As I was driving it the other day, I thought how it repeatedly takes us in the opposite direction of our house. The road to … [Continue reading]
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life (1 Thessalonians 4:11) Social media overwhelms me. It's a loud, loud place. And unless you have good boundaries, one minute of scrolling can somehow turn into an hour. It seems like everyone has … [Continue reading]
How do we move forward with our dreams even when we have uncertainty? Dreams are the aspirations or goals we hope to achieve in, with, or through our lives. They often start out strong, seemingly attainable and somewhere along the way, we begin to … [Continue reading]
It was a regular day, like every other one before it. We were running on auto-pilot and a few cups of caffeine with a splash of caramel. Recalling the list I forgot to write down, yet rolling tasks around like a rotisserie of uncompleted 'to-do's', … [Continue reading]