I wear many hats: wife, author, boss, friend, daughter, teacher, professional coffee drinker, and now momma. I’ve been gigging at this motherhood thing for nearly twenty months now. Twenty months of the most life-altering, heart-wrenching, joy-filled, bone-weary job I’ve ever known … and I LOVE EVERY MINUTE of it. I vividly recall during pregnancy being...Read More
Sitting all alone in my first post-college, single-girl apartment, the truth dawned on me: Life, as I’d known it, was over. Jesus was changing everything. No longer was I the party girl, going out to bars at night with friends with whom I shared the lofty goal of getting hammered and meeting hot guys. Now,...Read More
Hospitality is at the heart of the Gospel. God the Father invites us into His family through a relationship with His Son, Jesus Christ. As His followers, it is our call to exhibit this same love and generosity of spirit to our fellow man. This past week the Redeemed Girl team gathered at the home...Read More
It’s fall y’all! In Texas, it certainly doesn’t feel like fall, but I know it is because I see photos capturing (or trying to) the magnificent display of trees as their leaves undergo a spectacular color change. I have seen such with my own eyes only a few times, but my memories of that transformational...Read More
Do you remember the (potentially traumatic) day you had to transition from elementary school to middle school? It sends chills down my spine just thinking about it. Gone were the days of read–alouds and recess. (Weren’t those the best?!) Now you’re on your own trying to navigate the combination lock on your very first locker...Read More
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine dated a guy who —out of the blue— bailed on their relationship. Fun coffee dates and long romantic talks resulted in an awkward silence. After a frank conversation about his distance, she learned that he held a list of the perfect woman in his mind— and she...Read More
“The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer… the more genuine and the deeper our community becomes, the more will everything else between us recede, the more clearly and purely will Jesus Christ and His work become the one and only thing that is vital between...Read More
