Journal Gently: Helping Introverted Women Find Healing After Grief, Hurt, and Trauma

If you are an introvert, you have probably found yourself questioning why God designed you that way and how you can possibly do what He has called you to do. You’re not outgoing. You’re not fond of b…

This year, I started a monthly series where I share some of the books have been so very meaningful and transformative to me. Ones that will either invite you to step closer to the Lord or ones that e…

I have a special treat for you today. Now, if you remember, I spoke recently about leading as an introvert at the Small Church Women’s Ministries Conference. And guys, it was so much fun.

If you are …

Raise your hand if you are experiencing one of these situations:

• Child returning to college after a lengthy Christmas break
• Recently diagnosed with a disease or illness
• Caring for an aging parent or…

In school right now, my daughter has been tasked with writing a hymn. How would you feel if I invited you to do the same?

What would you write about? What aspect of God would you want to focus on? Ho…

How do you support a friend or family member—or even “just” an acquaintance—who has just lost someone they love? Are you willing to step into that sacred space of grief with them? Or, if they need ad…

Do you have a friend who parents a child with disabilities? Perhaps there's a family in your church who has a kid with special needs?

I've discovered that what is unfamiliar is often scary to us, and…

As an avid reader and someone who loves to learn, I enjoy passing on ideas to others who want to grow in specific areas. These authors have been mentors to me in many ways, and I hope they become the…

The New Year is a natural opportunity for us to look at the spiritual practices and habits we want to cultivate in our lives, especially when it comes to caring for those who are hurting or when we a…

Being a spiritual director who focuses on writing back and forth to my clients, I’ve come to realize just how important letter writing is to my work, to the way I reach out to and encourage others.

I…

I have kind of a fun episode for us today.

As we near 2023, I have been brainstorming ideas to talk about on the podcast. So I looked back through past episodes that have seemed to really resonate wi…

Let’s Encourage One Another was born in March 2021 as a ministry out of my work at Love Does That. The purpose of Love Does That was really to reach out to women who were hurting or grieving—and teac…

Today, I would like to walk with you through a mini Blue Christmas service. While many churches offer these services, traditionally held on December 21, I know that not everyone does, nor can everyon…

In case you haven’t noticed it, we’ve kind of had a theme going on these past few weeks, and that is finding God in the silence.

So when I saw Celia Miller’s Advent devotional called Be Still & Know …

Renee Leonard Kennedy wrote a book called After the Flowers Die: Encouragement for Walking Through Life After Loss.

Through her writing, she shares with both honesty and some humor about various aspe…

In this month’s bonus episode, we are going to explore the practice of imaginative prayer.

Imaginative prayer is allowing God to help you enter into a Bible story by visualizing it, using your five s…

I’m not going to go on and on about the busyness of the season or why our culture has set up this way. You know what it’s like. You know the pressure you feel.

You also know that one of the things we…

When we go through difficult seasons like grief or anxiety or illness, we can find ourselves asking so many questions of God:

Why did this happen?

What am I supposed to do?

You said You’re good, but …

Back in September, we went through a 4-part series about posturing our hearts to hear from God, and each heart posture started with the letter R. 

The first R was ready. We talked about getting ready…

On a recent trip, I realized there are plenty of ways to reach out to others even when you’re far away—whether you’re on vacation or with a family member who had to travel for medical treatment, or a…