Today I posted the first encouraging video to The Encouraging Voice youtube channel since dropping all of my licenses. It'd been since the summer I think since I posted my last one and I was just dissatisfied with what I was producing. Yes, I was getting some aspects of things slowly, and yes there's truth … Continue reading Hang in There, Friend…
Laughing at the Future…
I'm sorry if these last few pieces have been a bit deeper. I hope you're up for it, but honestly if you aren't then it's truly ok. Read what you need today and skip mine. I'm not hurt or offended. This isn't for everyone. I've tried to sit down and write cheery little articles that … Continue reading Laughing at the Future…
I’m Coming for You, Friend…
I stand across from her and see the tears begin to emerge, and the way the face fights and cringes at the pain within. It's overwhelming and freeing all at the same time. For those that are healing or have found healing it's a reminder of our testimony and how God parted the great seas … Continue reading I’m Coming for You, Friend…
Thank you for Responding…
I pulled up the obituary today because I remember it was a Thursday but I forgot if it was the 14th or the 12th. It's been about 2 and a half years now. So much time, and yet not much at all. It was the 12th. Oh yeah, right. The day before Friday the 13th. … Continue reading Thank you for Responding…
Bringing back my childhood magic…
As the tires leave the pavement my van dips and gives into the gravel and I swing through the open gates. There's something about the sound of gritting stones and dirt underneath me that fuels the adventure leaping within my heart. A couple of pickups are parked way across the lot with empty boat trailers. … Continue reading Bringing back my childhood magic…
Preparing for the Change…
At a nice and steady 68mph today we zipped down 23 with excitement and yet this sense of easy peace. Going south of the Michigan border usually finds me impatient at our neighbors' crawling speed limit but today there was no rush. Just us and adventure awaited! With plenty of time to get there, great … Continue reading Preparing for the Change…
Riding Along; Invited in.
So an accountant got up and dressed about a month or so back around 4:30 in the morning to go ride along on a 12 hour shift with two paramedics for a day. She's just been a stay at home mom/wife for the past couple years. Just kinda doing her thing and just so happened … Continue reading Riding Along; Invited in.
Worship; Coming home to Hope.
The anticipation of walking into the room. You hear the voices and the music rumbling through the doors and it gets clearer and brighter as you get closer. Entering from the back you can see the myriad of silhouettes gently shifting through the lights of white and blue. The music builds and I walk right … Continue reading Worship; Coming home to Hope.
Making the Time to Reconnect…
You know how we all get to holidays or that once-in-a-century family reunion and we all say; 'We should get together more often!' and then we don't? Well, that's really unfortunate and happens so often. What if we actually followed through and lived by our word when we said we were going to get together? … Continue reading Making the Time to Reconnect…
You moved to Haiti…
I was going to write this as kinda an open letter to whoever would read this, like a general blog post - but then realized this is for you and Alex, Kristen. I've been struggling to put into words what I've been feeling over the past week and at the end of all of this, … Continue reading You moved to Haiti…
