Do you ever feel like an opportunity is too much work? Too many hurdles to overcome? It would be better to just skip? Maybe it’s just me. I knew days before that the meteor shower would happen in the wee hours on Friday morning. But the idea of rousing myself, much less my children…(Read More)
August is a special time around here: Four years ago I began blogging at I AM Now Found. Three years ago, Refining Identity released. This month, Chronic Healing has been released. And…this week I’m celebrating my birthday! So, just for fun, let’s have a giveaway! Today, if you subscribe to Now Found…(Read More)
A chronic condition is persistent, ongoing. And for physical, chronic disease, medically speaking, is usually incurable. Facing my own chronic issue has been a decade-long struggle. I’ve wrestled with scriptures and promises of healing, coming to realize deep-seeded beliefs about God as Healer. As He’s shown me more of Himself in…(Read More)
This blog is nearly 4 years old! And I am readying to attend the Declare Conference for the 4th time – that place where I’ve gone to find rest and inspiration to continue on in this bloggy space. Where women gather to worship. Where friends find one another for the first time. Where the #digitalevangelist…(Read More)
A New Normal
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I’m establishing a new normal today. For over 3 years, I’ve awoken before 5am on Saturday mornings, tossed on clothes, and headed out the door for coffee and writing. But last week we bought a new house! And with the move comes changes, like writing more at home. So I allowed myself an…(Read More)
I don’t suppose I considered this question of healing much before I experienced a life-altering diagnosis. Have you? I’ve been living with Type 1 diabetes for nearly a decade. A decade of confusion, lessons learned, failed attempts, successes, struggles, and wondering: What is God doing in the midst of this disease? Several…(Read More)
We’re moving this week! And that’s set my mind towards an awareness of all the final things – those final experiences we’ll ever have in this home. We’ve been so blessed with our little home these past 8 years. When we moved in our children were 20 months and 4 months old…(Read More)
A friend of mine put out a challenge to me a couple of months ago: consider trying a whole-foods, plant-based diet. Our families have grown in our friendship over the past few years and this pastor and former NFL athlete had just written the foreword to my latest book, Chronic Healing. “I just…(Read More)
Our family is building a new home and we’re preparing to move. With that comes my least favorite task (aside from the waiting) – packing! Last month we loaded about half of our belongings into a storage unit, keeping only the basics for living and staging; the vast majority of my 400+ books are now…(Read More)
“…[Jesus] cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out.’ The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, ‘Unbind him, and let him go.'” John 11:43-44 (ESV) My husband and I stood at an impasse…(Read More)