Seventeen years. Seventeen. Years. I repeated the words slowly to myself today in Starbucks as I considered our anniversary (insert pithy comment about a typical male not being home on his anniversary here). Three thoughts come to mind when I ponder the last seventeen years with my wife: Boy have we …
Broken Hallelujahs
Confession time: I don’t like most Christian music. I find it trite and disconnected from the challenges of daily life, as if we are not allowed to acknowledge struggles in our songs. I believe it is a symptom of the biggest lie we tell as Christians –we are all okay, all the time. Every once in …
Saturday Musings – Can Hummingbirds be Holy?
This is the first of a new series of posts, called Saturday Musings. In these posts, I am going to step aside from the typical focus of stories, hope, and strategies to keep going through impossible circumstances. Instead, these posts will be more along the lines of "Let's slow down, look around, …
Practical Thoughts on Depression
Remember I told you last week this piece of the Internet has my name, but wouldn't belong only to me? Well, I meant it...and today's post is proof. My close friend Christa Sterken wrote out of her own experience with depression and allowed me to share it here. If you struggle with depression, or …
The Myth of Procrastination
I have been stalled on my book for a while now. I have all the chapters outlined. I actually have the whole thing mapped out in my head. But I have only drafted three chapters. I didn’t know why until this morning. I thought I was just procrastinating. Enjoying the summer and relaxing. …
The Prodigal Son Revisited
Today's post is penned by my fellow Phoenix writer Chad Jones, aka Randomly Chad. It is in a sense a response to my last post about forgiveness. I love it when I connect with a fellow writer's words, and they inspire me. It's also amazing when the opposite happens, like this post. Here's a little …
Did You Know We Have a Singing God?
We hear a lot about a God of love, or a God of justice, but a singing God. Are you sure that’s even in the Bible? Zephaniah 3:17 -- For the LORD your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice …
Losing Hope, Finding God’s Heart
I am excited to announce that I have my first book up on Amazon! This is not the memoir about my battles with seizures and faith. I am still working hard on that one, but it’s not ready yet. I have a small but encouraging book called Losing Hope, Finding God’s Heart ready now, for $0.99. My …
How to Survive Disaster
Today, I am sharing the last part of Joanne's story. Joanne had three more lessons she shared with me from this terrible season in her life. Reading Part One and Part Two will give you context. Her story is one of triumph and faith through crazy disasters. She is truly one of my heroes. I am so …
I’m Writing a Book
A lot has happened in my life, from an abusive father to drug abusing family members to epilepsy and more. Plenty of reasons to be a Debbie Downer, losing faith in God or being angry all the time. For reasons I am honestly still figuring out, I am able to still stay engaged in my faith on most days. …
And on THAT Day, God Created Zombies
God created zombies. Read the account of the Jesus’ death on the cross in Matthew 27, if you don’t believe me. The moment Jesus died, there was an earthquake, the veil in the Temple was torn, the sky was dark for three hours, and the dead came to life. Zombies, reanimated by God. Even weirder, they …
Not Always Hope, Not Never Hope, But Sometimes Hope
I have had a few people ask me why the name of this blog is Sometimes Hope. “If we are called to trust God all the time,” the question starts, “why isn’t your title Always Hope or maybe Keeping the Hope?” I even struggled with this a bit myself. After some thought, here are three reasons I can only …
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