God Doesn’t Care How Big Your Platform Is: An Article for RELEVANT Magazine

Most of my life, I’ve felt a tug toward greatness. You know–that feeling that burns deep and can push us wide? Deep because we know that we were created to do important, meaningful, gorgeous things in the world. Wide because we look around us at … [Continue reading]

Marriage Shouldn’t End Your Dating Life: An Article for RELEVANT Magazine

This is my newest article for RELEVANT. Read the entirety of the article here! Dating—in person, online or blind—is prized in our culture, and most of us think of dating to be an important part of any meaningful, romantic relationship. Whether … [Continue reading]

The Scars We Carry: Women as Warriors

  I shuffled into the locker room at our local gym a few days ago, searching for an open locker to dump my bags in before heading upstairs to a treadmill. There’s no shortage of women changing in the locker room, and as I found a pod of … [Continue reading]

Flowers, Thistles, and Thorns: Meeting Jesus in Places of Pain

I was at an upscale grocery store recently, admiring the tubs full of flowers, when I noticed a bouquet full of lilies, and carnations, and thistles. Thistles? Yes, thistles. Prickly, spiky, gray, and full of thorns. It wasn't a mistake; I … [Continue reading]

Clothes, Coffee, and Cloth. Or, Starting Over with Stitch Fix: How I Got My Best Fix Ever

I don't write much about clothes; in this space, I share a lot about my life and what God is doing in it, about what he's doing in the world, about how I encounter him in unexpected moments. Occasionally, I'll highlight a company I believe in who is … [Continue reading]

You are Seen, Known, and Loved: Preparing for the Influence Conference

Tomorrow, I'm leaving for The Influence Conference, a gathering of some of my favorite ladies all in one place. These are women whose hearts long for Jesus, whose minds are whip-smart, whose hands are creative, whose lives overflow with love. We're … [Continue reading]