by Elisabeth | Sep 18, 2020 | difficult marriage, emotions, faith, heart, pain
During my difficult marriage, I had a hard heart. My heart was hard and cold and wounded and tired and done. Not hard to God. Not cold toward my family or friends. But closed off to the one I once loved most. During my second-to-last Lenten season of my first...
by Elisabeth | Sep 4, 2020 | heart, parenting
In just a few days, my son will walk to the front door with his final box under his arm. He may ask if I want the house key back, I’ll tell him to keep it. He’ll stand there for a moment, because he will know that I will require one more hug. One last hug. Not the...
by Elisabeth | Jun 23, 2020 | faith, heart, wholeness
When you think of the word hope, what comes to mind? For some of us, hope is a dirty word. That’s okay. We need to admit it and start where we are. Hope is such an interesting concept and one that I fear is misunderstood and too easily thrown around in churchy circles...
by Elisabeth | Jun 16, 2020 | heart
I’ve been thinking a lot about my heart lately and how important it is and what it means to fight for it. And I think Christians tend to fall into one of three camps when it comes to their heart: My heart is wicked, as evidenced by the often-quoted Jeremiah 17:9,...
by Elisabeth | Mar 10, 2020 | abuse, emotions, faith, healing, heart, wholeness
The response to last week’s post was about what I expected: lost some subscribers, got some encouraging comments on the actual blog, and had some sweet women email me with their confessions and empathy (as in, right there with ya). I wanted to follow up answering a...
by Elisabeth | Mar 3, 2020 | emotions, faith, healing, heart, pain, redemption, wholeness
Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life? -Mary Oliver This post will be rambly and winding and it will not be pretty and it will not wrap up with three easy steps to anything. These things are recent and these things are current. And I am scared...
