"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made." -Psalm 139:14 Happy fall Overcomers! I'm always sad to see the summer go (after all, it is my favorite season), but I've been blessed with so many warm sunny days that it's making the transition into fall a bit easier this year. How about you? Are... Continue Reading →
Lower 48 Road Trip: Tennessee, North Carolina & South Carolina
"Then he said, 'Take the arrows,' and the king took them. Elisha told him, 'Strike the ground.' " -2 Kings 13:18 Overcomers, can you even believe the U.S. election is almost here? The race for the White House is on the homestretch! Voting is underway in most states and this critical moment in history is... Continue Reading →
Episode 19: Finding Identity
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." -Psalm 139:13 Who am I? Everyone asks themselves this question at some point in their lives. The answer to this question is very important because it determines the course of our entire lives. There is so much confusion around this topic... Continue Reading →
Episode 8: Rejection to Identity
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." -Proverbs 9:10 Friends, I'm sure you've felt the pain of rejection at some point in your life: You're not invited to a friend's birthday party, you didn't make the team, your family ignores you or you feel out of place... Continue Reading →
Episode 5: Dancing on Disappointment
"Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail." -Lamentations 3:21-22 Greetings Overcomers! Are you struggling to find hope in the midst of disappointment? In this episode, my good friend Amber Clark shares how God strengthened her to persevere through... Continue Reading →
It’s Time to Tell Your Story
"They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony..." -Revelation 12:11 There are many voices in society telling you who you are and who you are not. Messages come at us from every direction, dictating what we should believe and who we should become. We are in the... Continue Reading →
Identity Theft: Are Politics Consuming You?
"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God..." -1 Peter 2:9-10 Politics are near the top of the unspoken list of... Continue Reading →
Identity Theft: Is Sexuality Stealing From You?
"So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." -Genesis 1:27 Public opinion on gender, sexuality and identity has changed dramatically over the course of my lifetime. While I was growing up, marriage between a man and a woman was the law of the land. When... Continue Reading →
Identity Theft: Are Relationships Robbing You?
"It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize the other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is." -Hermann Hesse Relationships create some of the greatest joy in our lives. People are meant to be connected to each other, for when we are alone and... Continue Reading →
Identity Theft: Disability Does not Define You
"When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, 'Do you want to get well?' ” -John 5:6 Being sick is the worst! We all encounter sickness throughout our lives. The older we get, the more our bodies break down. Perhaps there is... Continue Reading →