Faith

  • Privilege in Service

    Y’all. It’s July. I have dreaded July since LAST July. But let me tell you why. Last summer I volunteered at our church’s Vacation Bible School (VBS) for a week. Gracie was only…

  • Meant To Be… Or Not To Be.

    I’ve been dreading this post for a couple months now. Truthfully, I thought about not posting it at all. But to not write about my failures, as well as my successes, just seemed…

  • Singing Praises

    This past Sunday in church, we had a guest minister who gave a sermon about active prayer.  She suggested that sometimes we need to do physical actions when we pray to remind us…

  • Thank Full

    I am thankful for the home that we live in and for the lives that we will build here. I am thankful for a job that makes me smile every day and for…

  • Amazing Grace

    Costa Rica update: Voting will continue until 8:00pm EST on Thursday, so if you haven’t voted yet, click here! ****** This past weekend we had Gracie baptized. Finally. When I called our minister…

  • Long Days

    Ya’ll. I’m beat. Like, all the time. You know when you wake up about half an hour before your alarm goes off and then you’ve just fallen back to sleep when it actually…

  • Deeeeevine.

    (Before I resume our regularly scheduled programming of nonsense here on Marriage Confessions this morning, I wanted to take a minute to thank you all for your outpouring of kindness, encouragement, and support…

  • State of My Union: Year Six

    This past Saturday, Chris and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary. Ironically enough, we were attending a friend’s wedding on Saturday and as the ceremony unfolded, I found myself looking at the bride…