The Joy Dare

Sometimes you chase joy, and sometimes it chases you.  The key is sitting still long enough to be caught. If you are like me, you might have to drive 1,000 miles and park yourself on a porch in the middle of a cornfield with zero smart phone coverage for it to be a...

The Joy Dare

Last week it rained. Like a lot. We were stuck indoors for days and my kids were crazy. I found myself dreadfully unmotivated and wondering how in the world I was ever going to get moving. And then I read this verse…. Splendor and majesty are before him,...

The Joy Dare

Joy is everywhere…can you see it?  Do you need God to open your eyes? I know that there are days that my joy eyes see a little less.  Not because the joy is not there, but because I simply don’t have the vision to see it right before me. I pray, like...

The Joy Dare

The Joy Dare: Counting 1,000 Gifts in 2012 502. Super chill awesome week at home. Much needed. 503. Sunshine, finally! 504. Swimming. Swimming. Swimming. 505. Dinner work date and I got to go, too. 506. Seeing the sparkle in my girl’s eyes. 507. The cutest...

The Joy Dare

How can we not count it a joy when hearts that found each other in this great big social media world get a chance to gather around a table elbow to elbow? How do we not toss our head back and say, “Thank you” for the knitting together of 3 mamas of 11...

The Joy Dare

The Joy Dare 461. That I get to live in a place where sweet online friends show up (in)RL. 462. Date night. 463. Super yummo frozen yogurt. 464. Sweet babysitters. 465. Some glorious sleep. 466. A community of Word Lovers. 467. Nothing is too hard for my God. {Genesis...