This morning I said out loud, “I’m so disappointed in myself.” With hot tears rolling down my cheeks, I heard: “You are such a disappointment.” It echoed over and over.

Deconstruction. In some circles, deconstruction is celebrated, while in others, it is feared as heresy … within American evangelicalism in which Christians rethink their faith and jettison previously held beliefs…

Introduction from my book, Transplanted: How to Rest in Your Walk with Jesus. “I encourage you to invite the Lord to transplant you. He will transplant you from where you are to a place of freedom and rest in Him.

This is the preface for my book, Transplanted: How to Rest in Your Walk with Jesus. It contains a summary of my story. It begins: “Where do I start? I mean, I spent most of my life in a struggle. Struggle to be right. Struggle to do right…”

The power of prayer isn’t found in our words because sadly we so often say way to much when in reality the power is found in God’s words to us, over us and about us. The peace, the wisdom and the solution we need won’t come from speaking.

There is a disparity between the names of two very different problems- all lumped into one word- anxiety. Anxiety is when you are overwhelmed due to fear and worry. Is it wrong for Christians to struggle with anxiety?

"Really Amy. You need to have the same grace and patience for yourself that you have for others. It takes time! Everything takes time. You will not be perfect. Ever. And you will not be proficient at anything in two weeks."

…surprise one-way streets, trying to learn the language of the car horns and trying not to be distracted by the odd signs we saw- you can imagine that all of this combined makes for a different kind of hilarity altogether!

No one told me. When these boys grow up and begin to shoulder the responsibility of life, they are forever altered. The sweet innocence of childhood is gone. Gone forever. These boys of mine. They are different. Their eyes are loaded.

He is my garden and I am His garden. I want to live my life in the garden. His Garden. I want to walk with Him and talk with Him and hear His voice in the cool of the day. I want to see Him. I want to touch Him. I want to feel him.

“We could move to Costa Rica someday,” we said while vacationing in a remote village, Oct 2019. Why this big move? For me, it’s an intense desire for Simplicity, to live life Concentrated.