When I feel overwhelmed by all the uncertainity, I plunge my hands into dirt. The practice of planting, cultivating, waiting is like gardening the soul. My heart thinks it wants a crystal ball for the future, but my fortune telling never holds fortune.

Permission to Grieve – Meditations – Dallas Speaker & Author Imagine standing on a beach with your little ones. Grief is rolling toward you like the waves. The kids don’t see it. They just want to splash in the water and play in the sand. Their joy is overwhelming and only heightens your pain. You […]

Ancient shepherds used to anoint their sheep with oil for protection. Learn how you can take this metaphor and find protection from the storm within.

Stephanie struggled with infertility for 10 years. Regardless of what pain you carry, her story of finding wholeness in infertility will give you hope.

It’s a long one, but this is on my heart to share in light of the tragic suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bordain. {desperate} One of my greatest medals in life may seem shameful to others. But I wear it with pride. I earned it from the season I was struggling with suicide, tormented […]

I was nervous about turning 40.  That anxiety was turning into heaviness. When I told my girlfriend, she said something I’ll never forget. Since she’s a pastor she started with biblical symbolism.  She reminded me of how monumental the number forty is in the Bible.  Forty is symbolic of testing.  The Israelite’s wandered for forty […]