What I’ve learned after writing on Medium for one year. — Don’t start a Medium blog to make money. While it’s nice if you are able to join the Medium Partner Program and have the potential to earn money, it shouldn’t be your motivation for starting a Medium blog. If it is, you will burn out very quickly. I set up…

Growing in faith is a wonderful adventure, not a burdensome goal we must strive to achieve. — Introduction In my recent post, What The Chosen Got Wrong About Healing, I wrote about our need, as believers, to grow in faith if we are going to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and see healing in our daily lives. I have found this to be a triggering topic…

Jesus never turned away anyone who came to Him for healing. — Introduction I began watching The Chosen in 2020, and I loved it. It helped me connect with Jesus on a deeper, more personal level. …

The truth is, I am kind of a mess. — For my entire life, I have put on a façade of having it all together. I was always fearful of anyone knowing that I did not have it all together, because I was so sure people would abandon me if they found out the truth. I have always focused on…

Letting go of expectations of perfection…again. — Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. …

Learning to be still in His transforming presence. — I recently began reading Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God’s Transforming Presence by Ruth Haley Barton. My husband recommended it because I have been struggling to slow down and stop letting my to-do list control me. Barton’s purpose is to help readers establish and cultivate a practice of daily…

Encouragement for Christian Writers — Introduction Writing has always come fairly easily to me, but I did not have a dream of being a writer until I took my first creative writing class in college. It took me years to figure out what kind of writer I wanted to be; I tried writing short stories…

Journey to Healing Summary Guide — God placed it on my heart to share the truth about healing and transformation through my Journey to Healing series, and I hope it blesses and encourages anyone who reads it. Below, I have included a snippet from each post in the series and the link to the full post. …

Faith is not a tool we use to get things, it is a perspective we live by. — Read my Journey to Healing series from the beginning here. Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see (Hebrews 11:1). “But you, Timothy, are a man of God; so run from all these evil things. Pursue righteousness and a godly…