
Welcome to My Blog
The purpose of this blog is to express ideas that God is speaking to me about. Even when it’s informational, it’s personal. Everything is written from my perspective, conversationally.
I’m an external processor. This means I figure out my thoughts and opinions while I’m talking about it aloud- or writing. This blog provides space for that.
So enjoy a peek inside as I write ‘in the raw’. Transparent. Unapologetic. Real.
Topics:
Disappointed in Myself
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 or Reformation?
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…
Intro to Transplanted
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.
Preface: My Story
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…”
Shh… A Time for Listening
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.
Anxiety… or Something Else?
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?
Humbled in Costa Rica
"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."
First Adventures in Costa Rica
…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!
Gone Forever?
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.
What IS Life in the Garden?
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.
A Fresh Start
“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.