He is risen. Three words that changed everything. Not just for eternity.Not just for salvation in some distant, future sense. But for right here.For right now.For the way we live, lead, and carry what’s been placed in our hands. Because if the tomb is empty… then everything is different. The Weight We Were Never Meant…
Most of us were never taught how to manage money—we were taught how to control it. We learned how to stretch a paycheck.How to move things around to make it all fit.How to budget down to the last dollar and hope nothing unexpected shows up. And yet… even when we’re doing everything “right,” there’s still…
I was thinking recently about the kind of advice I would give another mom who was trying to grow something. Maybe she’s starting a blog like I did.Maybe she’s building a small business.Maybe she’s working toward a dream that feels important but is growing slower than she hoped. I know exactly what I would tell…
There are seasons in life when finances don’t feel like numbers on a spreadsheet. They feel like giants. Debt that won’t go away.Bills that keep piling up.Paychecks that disappear before the week is over. And sometimes the hardest part isn’t the numbers themselves. It’s the voice in your head whispering, “You should have done better.”…
On the surface, budgeting looks simple. Write down your income.List your expenses.Make a plan for your money. But sometimes the hardest part of budgeting isn’t the math. It’s opening the numbers in the first place. Earlier this year, I found myself completely avoiding our finances. Not because I didn’t know how to manage them, but…
I wish I could tell you obedience comes easily to me.It doesn’t. I’m a clarity-before-commitment kind of person. I like spreadsheets, plans, forecasts, and clearly labeled categories. I like knowing where something is going before I fully step into it. I’m the one who Googles the volleyball tournament location days in advance to check parking…
There was a time when our finances felt predictable. We used to sit down and plan our income weeks — sometimes months — in advance. We could see what was coming. Bills were covered ahead of time. Occasionally, we even had a small surplus sitting there at the end of the week. There was a…
It doesn’t always happen in one dramatic moment. Sometimes the budget doesn’t explode. It slowly crumbles. Like you’re hanging from the edge of a mountain, and the rocks keep breaking loose beneath your fingers. You don’t fall all at once. You just keep adjusting your grip. And eventually you realize something hard: Sometimes the budget…
Financial uncertainty doesn’t usually arrive all at once.It creeps in slowly—job changes, pay cuts, unexpected expenses—until one day you realize the ground beneath you no longer feels solid. For me, financial uncertainty brings back the last year and a half of my life. Changing jobs. Losing income. Watching finances that were already unstable become even…
When I think back on my childhood home, I don’t remember what it looked like. I don’t remember how clean it was or whether dinner was homemade every night. What I remember is how it felt. I remember feeling loved by both of my parents. I remember feeling safe. I remember knowing I was cared…