How to REALLY Prepare for Christmas

How to Really Prepare for Christmas (It’s Not What You Think)

Let every heart prepare Him room… I sit in the pew, watching my mother’s beautiful face radiate as she sings the lyrics to the well-known Christmas hymn. It sounds like a lovely pronouncement on the lips of dozens of singers. But what does it really mean? I mean, I know the Christmas story. YOU know the Christmas story. How there was …

One Thing Alone Reader Survey + A Giveaway!

I hope you know by now that YOU, dear reader, are important to me. The reason I write here is to help you find more joy in Jesus, right where you are. And I’d like to know more about you so I can better serve you in the coming year. If you can spare 2 minutes, I’d greatly appreciate your thoughts via …

Stop Trying to Be a Proverbs 31 Woman (And Who You Should Be Instead)

You know her. You may envy her. Perhaps admire her. Maybe even hate her. But there’s no ignoring her: the Proverbs 31 Woman. The epitome of righteousness. The measuring stick many Christian women use to determine if they’re doing ok or not. She’s considered by many a Christian superwoman. How can she not be when she makes her own clothes, keeps an immaculate …

Jesus Is Not Ashamed of You

There I lay, on my side, curled up as tightly as I could, facing the wall. I had stuffed a pillow in my mouth and willed the sobs to quiet down so my roommate couldn’t hear me. This was the first time I could remember being truly broken over my sin. Pride shattered, I grappled with my own dark heart and …