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Due to God providing in a miraculous way, I will now be keeping Exceptionally Average right here in this location. You can read on if you want to see the background, but it’s not the whole story anymore. You can read the rest of the story that explains why I’m not moving locations here. To […]

Photo Credit I’m in a stage of life where I find myself processing a lot of things. Some of them are major life-changing things (like having another member in our family kind of major) and some of them are silly (how am I going to live with a limited amount of chocolate until this pregnancy-induced […]

Have you ever found yourself in that unpleasant place of knowing you are going through a challenging set of circumstances and all you can do is wait? I’m so there. I wanted to take a few minutes to share a few of the more coherent thoughts that I am able to salvage out of my […]

You may have noticed that things have been pretty silent around here lately. I have some valid explanations, a little bit of time, and one good hand with which to catch up, so here goes. Our life moved up a few notches on the crazy scale on May 12th in that fateful moment when I […]

Don’t forget to enter the giveaway for 100 free prints from Shutterfly. The contest ends at midnight tonight! I’m really excited to have Courtney sharing on the blog today! I met Courtney about a month ago when I joined in the fun with Jen from Finding Heaven’s Soli Deo Gloria small groups. Courtney is my […]

If you’re a regular around here, you know me pretty well. Did you know, however, that during this time of paring back on writing while I wait on my hand to heal, that I’m using this extra time to pray for you even more? Well now you do. And here’s the thing. Usually you hear […]

I’ve spent a lot of hours trying to figure out what balanced life should look like. The answer finally came to me on a sweet spring morning. Join me over at Always Alleluia to see what I learned. While you’re there, take some time to get to know Kris, the sweet and talented author of […]

My life is a series of stories that have taken a lot longer to conclude than I pictured when I they were just dreams. I ended up taking the five-year plan to graduate with my Bachelor’s degree after changing my major three times and transferring colleges once. I didn’t meet the love of my life […]

I’m really excited about this Easter! On Monday, I’m planning to be brutally honest about struggles I’ve had in the past about making Easter – and other holidays – intentionally special in my own heart. Thankfully, I serve a God who cares enough about me to convict me of my sin. One of the ways […]

Source This offer is no longer valid. I still highly recommend you purchase your own copy of Warrior Prayers! (I am not affiliated in any way; I just think it’s a great book.) I will also be giving away a copy of it in the coming weeks, so stay tuned! There are certain times in […]