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Thoughts that are meant to encourage and inspire you and remind you of the love Christ has for you! 


  • You know those days when everything seems to fall into place? Life feels organized, the stars align, and for a brief moment, you think, “Wow, I’ve got this.” Yeah… me neither. Most days feel more like the opposite. Instead of a gentle rain shower, life sends a tsunami. Nothing seems to go right, you’re running…


  • Chasing a dream is hard—especially when it feels like obstacles just keep showing up. When I first wrote Beyond Every Sunset, I sent it to publishers and agents. Most didn’t respond. A few did—but not in the way I hoped. One person told me it would never work because it “wasn’t realistic.” A young man…


  • People Over Politics

    I’m going to start with this: I don’t care for politics, and I almost never talk about it on my platform. If you’ve read much of what I’ve written, you already know it’s very rare for me to say anything political. I do think it’s important to stay informed about what’s happening—on both sides—but let’s…


  • A recent trip to Estes Park sparked a conversation amongst my family about mountain lions and cougars—because we were in an area where seeing them could happen. But our curiosity was whether they’re actually different. Naturally, I had to look it up… and, of course, it got me thinking. So let’s chat about it. The…


  • Something that has always stood out to me about lions is how the males will often leave their birth pride to go and find—or build—another pride that they can lead. When you really think about it, that parallel is so beautiful. It reminds me of Jesus leaving heaven to come down to earth, to build…