I remember the pushback I felt when someone first mentioned journaling to me. I'd never been one of those people who documented their lives. As a young girl, I'd been given diaries at birthday parties. Remember the kind? Pink and pretty, with a lock and a tiny little...
Lazarus Awakening
ATFJ 2019 | Capturing the Power of God’s Word
Do you ever read something and then forget what it said only moments later? I don't know about you, but it blows my mind that God wants to have a personal friendship with me. What an honor it is to know that He wants to walk and talk with me each and every day. But...
4 Ways to Hear God Speak
God is speaking...are you listening? One of the most powerful truths that sets Christianity apart from all other world religions is that we serve a God who is alive and active. A loving Father who wants to be involved in our lives and speak to us on a regular basis....
Trusting the Master Gardener
My mother is a wonderful gardener... I wish you could sip iced tea with us as we look over her backyard. Every corner is filled with a beautiful tapestry of color that spills over her carefully edged flower beds. The scents are intoxicating and the fruits of her labor...
The Road to Easter: Resurrection and Life
Happy Resurrection Day! Jesus is risen. Death has been vanquished and the battle has been won. But the empty tomb has accomplished so much more than we can begin to imagine. "And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you," Romans 8:11 says,...
The Road to Easter: Embracing the Cross
No one took His life... Jesus gave it willingly. The crucifixion wasn't a tragedy, it was a divine strategy born in the heart of God. An extravagant plan to bring home His lost and wandering children. No wonder Luke 9:51 says of Jesus, "As the time drew near for his...
The Road to Easter: Drinking the Cup
Amid the joy of Easter, sometimes I forget... I forget how much it cost Jesus to say yes to the cross. I underestimate the struggle He went through to willingly drink the bitter cup of my sins and yours. I had the privilege of discussing Jesus' last few days on earth...
Blog Tour Gratitude
It is always an honor to have other ministry women support your project... Especially when they do it in during the not-so-lazy-and-often-crazy days of summer! Special thanks to the wonderful writers who were part of my Lazarus Awakening DVD Study Blog Tour! I've...
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Producing the Study
There wasn’t time for jetlag when we got back from Israel. After putting the Having a Mary Spirit DVD Study on hold for Lazarus Awakening, it was time to dive back into that project and finish it up. It was a little jarring to tell the truth, my heart was still in...
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Day Nine
Making Up for Lost Time What starts as a good idea may turn out to be a God-idea in the end! By day nine, we were grateful we’d tacked an extra day on the trip for sightseeing. As the list of needed segments grew, it became obvious the extra day would be spent...
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Day Eight
Home in Bethany I remember the first time John and I drove into Bethany three years ago. The city was not what I had imagined. Part of the Palestinian territory, it was nothing like the city of Jerusalem's beauty and order. A discarded washing machine sat next to the...
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Day Six
Southern Temple Steps & Caiaphas’ House We’d been warned to leave the city. Independence Day in Jerusalem is crazy, we were told. The traffic is terrible and the crowds dense. Go anywhere but near the Old City, we were advised. But with a lost day of shooting and...