A few months back, I signed myself up for Spotify Premium. I tend to buy at least one musical album a month, and by forgoing purchasing the actual album and choosing to stream the music instead, I save money and precious storage space on my two-generations old iPhone. One album I listen to repeatedly is…
Still Waiting: Ann Swindell Offers Hope to Weary Souls in this New book
“When we have begged and demanded from God all that we can, and when he still doesn’t change our situation, we’re left with a choice: we can choose offense with him, or we can choose obedience.” –Ann Swindell, “Still Waiting” Happy endings awaken the hope that the dreams locked within our own souls might someday…
Listening to the Father
There is a small passage in the Bible that has stood out to me for years: “But Samuel replied: ‘Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.’”~Samuel 15:22 While we no…
Loving Obedience
“Wow. I could never do what you’re doing. I would get so attached, and never be able to let them go home.” I have heard this, or variations of this, thought throughout the years from kind well-meaning people. This statement, that strokes my pride but forgets the work God has done in me, is the…
Free Anchored Printable: March
Flowers are starting to bloom, and jackets are being left behind. Spring is coming! We have a beautiful printable by Sarah Dohman for you this month of 1 Colossians 1:15-20. This verse reminds us who the great creator is, and how Christ made the way our souls to have new life. Click here to get…
At the Door of Obedience
My adult life has not been marked by a lot of risk. That is, up until the fall of 2015. After 14 years of working for the same employer, things had come to a head at my husband’s job at a martial arts school. One evening my husband came home and revealed a troubling situation…
Peace and Forgivness for the Restless and Angry
Author: Linda L. Kruschke I feel a pang of anger each time I see a Facebook post or Internet meme stating that abortion is murder. Not because I disagree. I do not. I am angry, because I didn’t know until it was too late. These calls to save the babies are important, because what one…
Book Review: What I Found in Ann Voskamp’s The Broken Way
I began my 2017 reading with Ann Voskamp’s The Broken Way. Honestly, I hesitated in reading her new book, but I am so glad I did. Ann is a poet; her words demand to be read in a melodic meter. They must be savored, word-by-word. She writes with sincerity and from an unapologetic stance that…
Embracing Vulnerable Beauty
Author: Kate Franken “Do you have children?” “Are you married?” I get that these are questions most women often ask as a cordial attempt to get acquainted. Their success rate in forging a connection amongst my female counterparts is high, but their ability to alienate someone in my current stage of life is just as…
Seeking Beauty
I stared at the glowing screen, eyes glazed over, darting from one item to the next. I compared products and added to the ever growing “wishlist.” Babies don’t need much, but we are foster parents and instead of 9 months of preparation, we have weeks to prepare. Car seats. Consumer reports. Carriers. Will it arrive…
Anchored Voices 