This has been one of those weeks where I have wept often and let myself grieve deep. I know that death doesn't get the final word, but my goodness, it hurts like hell when you lose someone you love. I've learned how to let myself lament over the past two years…

There are certain verses I just can’t shake. This is one of them. This is the verse that inspired my first record As Sure As the Sun, and Brand New Day is a brand new way to sing about the same hope that I can’t stop being grateful for day in and day out. Each day we get a new start. What a relief!!! I love that God…

I love the backwards and upside-down nature of the gospel. I’ve encountered the comfort of God in all of my mourning. I’ve known His nearness and tenderness throughout seasons of feeling poor in spirit. “Paradox” was inspired by this verse and part of this prayer from the Valley of Vision that I love so much…

This verse has been SO grounding and guiding for me this past year or two! It has been the anchoring verse for our Bridge Builders group as well, and I couldn't love it more. As 2020 came to a startling halt in the wake of Covid 19, there was all of this time and space to process life in a way that many of us had never experienced before. In some ways, it seems like the stillness…

Do "ifs" ever run through your mind like crazy? What "if" I don't get the job I was hoping for? What "if" I'm not strong enough to make it through this next season? What "if" I fail this test? What "if" one of my kids gets really hurt? What "if" I lose someone I love? For me those "if" questions get loud…

We have two giant tulip poplar trees in our back yard. The other day, a friend told me that the roots of a tulip poplar reach as far down into the earth as the branches reach to the sky! My mind was blown, and I immediately thought of this verse because during these hot summer months in Nashville, many of the green leaves turn yellow and drop to the ground, kind of like fall in summer…