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God Is…Present

One of the promises of the Lord that I hold close is that He is ever present. He has promised us that He will never leave nor forsake us. There is nothing we can do that will turn Him away, nothing that can make Him take a break from us, or give up on us. He never...

Holy, Holy, Holy

God is Holy. We know that God is holy. We sing “holy, holy, holy” in church. We read of His holiness all throughout scripture. And yet, I was just telling Jeff this morning that I still can’t grasp His holiness. I’ve been doing this study on the attributes of God this...

It’s Madness I Tell Ya!

Has anyone else felt like July has flown by, and you’re just catching your breath, trying to prepare yourself for August? The week Jeff and I got back from London, we immediately began to pack and move to our new little rental on the lake. Jet lag? Who has that? We...

Uganda

One of my highlights from our month of traveling was Uganda. That was the next stop on the list. I was a bit scared and nervous for our time there- I only knew a handful of the people on our team; so as excited as I was to get to know new people, I was a bit insecure...

7

One of the books I read while in Germany was 7 by Jen Hatmaker. Ladies, this is a must read. I couldn’t put it down! I laughed, I cried and I’m still chewing on its truth a month and a half later. In her hysterical & straight-up-real way Jen writes of her...

Germany: Deutschland

The first stop to our month long trip: Germany, or Deutschland, as the locals would say. Willow Creek, a church in Chicago, puts on a leader’s conference every year in Germany, and this year they wanted Jeff to come out to speak to youth leaders. Germany was...