When I started Chasing Hard Podcast, it was a choosing-to-obey-the-hard-call kind of thing. Chasing hard after God can mean chasing after hard things. Not that we go looking for hard things, they usually find us and when they do, we get to choose to obey the hard call. Talking with Samantha Ortiz was an obey … Read more
This article first appeared in The Southeast Outlook: Faith to do it anyway. Sometimes I think I try to fit Jesus into my world instead of fitting into His. It’s sort of like me letting Him be a part of my everyday life. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, but what if He wants me … Read more
Psalm 139 is one of my favorite books in the Bible. Because this is not a perfect life we lead, this book brings comfort to me, especially during the chaos and confusion that we lived through in 2020, and, let’s be honest, the new chaos and confusion that continues to follow. We live in a … Read more
Last week Katherine and Jay Wolfe spoke at our church. They shared their story about how they have and continue to suffer strong in the midst of the unwanted and horrific situations of the past that have brought them to where they are today. Katherine shared a scripture that I wasn’t that familiar with. Isaiah … Read more
Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (ESV). I was thinking about the struggles I have had in my life. Not so much questioning why things happened, or if I … Read more
Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (ESV). I was thinking about the struggles I have had in my life. Not so much questioning why things happened, or if I … Read more
Some days are hard. They just are. Yesterday was one of those days. I am accustomed to hard days so I know how to push through, but yesterday? It was just hard. Usually I jump out of bed as soon as my alarm goes off, whether I feel like it or not. Yesterday was not … Read more
I am feeling sad today. I have to say good-bye. because my uncle passed away this morning. Not too unexpected, however, it all came about rather quickly. I know it’s what he wanted…for it all to be over, and for that I am thankful. But now he is gone and his family and those who … Read more