• On Writing, NSYNC, & October With Romance Writer, Claire Cain

    October 2, 20244.8 min

    I stumbled on Claire Cain during a nightly Instagram scroll and I am so glad I did! Luckily during her most recent book’s debut – […]

  • Guest Post: Creativity in the Christian Life by Hannah Rowen Fry

    January 9, 20242.8 min

    When you think about spiritual disciplines, what comes to mind? For me, the actions of prayer and solitude, and the feelings of obligation and piety […]

  • Gratitude in 2024 Using “The Way of Gratitude” by Hannah Rowen Fry

    January 4, 20242.5 min

    Gratitude is really the cornerstone of live when you think about it. Being grateful helps me get out of my own way, my own head, […]

  • Let’s Eat: Talking Food With Iowa Foodie Girl, Holly Duenas

    December 9, 20233.6 min

    I started my foodie page just this past Spring! I had a couple of good friends tell me I should start a page for awhile […]

  • Fall In Love With Romance Writer, Ashley Weston

    October 6, 20235.9 min

    I have learned a lot about the true meaning of love. And you cannot truly love someone deeply without loving yourself first.

  • Small Business Owner, The Boho Vase’s Maria Wagoner, Shares Her Story

    September 20, 20235.3 min

    I create all day long. My mind never stops going. I will create at the store when I'm here & make the arrangements or redo store displays. I also have my painting area at home, so in my free time I will paint vases there too!

  • There is Vulnerability In Here

    September 15, 20232.5 min

    We seek to make a home, perfected by adjusted shams, color-coded books, and extravagant placement of items because if everything appears just so, then maybe we will to.

  • Friday Prayer

    July 22, 20221.3 min

      “I do not understand the mystery of grace–only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.”  […]

  • On Target

    July 21, 20220.8 min

    Today’s blog is a short one and something I first started thinking about last week. I want to do shorter posts on here that will […]

  • Friday Prayer

    July 15, 20221.1 min

    Dear God, We come to you and we ask you to really remove any doubt from the minds of those who are struggling to just […]

  • Faith Without Works Is Dead

    July 14, 20221.8 min

    Do you know this saying from the rooms of AA? I do! It just came to me this morning though when I was thinking about […]

  • Friday Prayer

    July 8, 20221.4 min

    Dear God, Thank you for always providing. When we read the Bible, we know that you have written a book for us and that you […]

  • How Grocery Shopping With $25 Changed My Narrative On Finances

    July 5, 20224.7 min
  • Friday Prayer

    July 1, 20221.7 min

    Dear God, I come to you today and ask for your grace when we think about being in the present moment and wanting to honor […]

  • Don’t Believe That Guy

    June 30, 20221.2 min

    Okay, we all have that guy, right? The one who shows up just as things begin to feel okay? The one who gets super pushy […]

  • 3 Pieces of Baggage to Unpack

    June 28, 20222.1 min

    When getting into a relationship, I’ve tended to move my baggage from person to person without giving myself time to heal. I don’t believe that […]

  • Friday Prayer

    June 24, 20222.2 min

    Dear God, Thank you for supporting us through another week. We are so grateful for your light and your love. I just read a quote […]

  • Pray Like You

    June 23, 20222 min

    I used to think there was one prescribed way to pray and if you didn’t do it that way, well you shouldn’t do it at […]

  • What People Will Say

    June 21, 20225.5 min

    Some people will get mad at you for not being who they want you to be. One of the biggest forms of self-betrayal is living […]

  • The Summer Place and The Power of Favor

    June 19, 20221 min

    I loved both of these books for different reasons! Highly recommend adding them to your summer reading list. I thoroughly enjoy any novel by Jennifer […]

  • Friday Prayer

    June 17, 20221.3 min

    Dear God, We come to you with a week’s worth of fear, exhaustion, joy, happiness, relief, and every other emotion. We ask that you bring […]

  • Is God Listening?

    June 16, 20222.7 min

    I saw this quote on Instagram last weekend: We can whisper prayers as we wash the dishes. We can focus our mind on God’s goodness […]

  • Friday Prayer

    June 10, 20221.9 min

    You stand for love, Lord and you do not want anyone to feel like they do not belong.

  • The Open-Wound

    June 9, 20225.5 min

    Ever hear that saying, the only way out is through? The only way we get to a similar place to that woman from my meeting is through being intentional about how we come at life.

  • Book Review: Believe It by Jamie Kern Lima

    June 5, 20223 min

    I don’t know how to accurately convey where my heart is tonight. I spent months and months and months in the most pain and anguish I had ever experienced. All I had for those months was God and a strong faith that I was going to get to the other side. I stayed stuck for way too. I ignored the people who cared about me in my life.

  • Haley’s 10 Rules Based On What I Know Now

    June 2, 20221 min

    This post is inspired by Lysa TerKeurst’s 20 Rules for Lysa Based on What I Know Now which she posted on her Instagram stories. You […]

  • Here’s the Thing About Faith

    May 25, 20225.3 min

    On my hardest nights I’d pinch the inside of my palm and I’d think to myself: I don’t know how, but you’ll do this. My tattoos are my external armor—one even says, “I don’t know how to do this, but something inside me does,” (a quote from my friend Lauren McKowen), but my gut is my internal armor.