I think it's possible, even in the midst of the struggle, to find small moments of joy throughout the day. I think it's actually important to pursue those moments, for the very sake of our emotional and physical health. Because over time, as we pursue those small moments of joy they can help us find...Read More

Stuck at home. Safe at home. No matter how you label it, it looks like we've got at least another three to four weeks of staying at home ahead of us. And after just a week, I know a lot of people who feel like they are going to go crazy without being able to...Read More

It's been a rough week. It seems like little and not-so-little things are falling apart all around me and none of it is within my control. No matter how hard I try to fix it, things just get worse.Read More

I’ve been reading a lot of books lately about simplifying, decluttering, embracing creativity and living your best life. Some have spiritually sound advice, some, not so much. But it’s all a part of my quest to live more intentionally and embrace the essentials while releasing those things which are weighing me down and causing me...Read More

I know Daughter of Ruth has been on one massive hiatus - since January of 2018, as a matter of fact. My life has changed drastically since then. When last I wrote, I was a wife and a mastiff mom, and, unbeknownst to me, I was very, very newly pregnant. And now I'm a wife...Read More

I love fantasy stories. Tell me about knights on horseback combating ancient evil or the adventures of a rag-tag band of misfits with a destiny and I’m hooked. It doesn’t get much better than that, unless you throw in a princess. Stories are usually better with princesses, especially if it’s an average, everyday girl who...Read More

Is there a step of faith you know you should take right now? When you hear the phrase “step out in faith” does any one thing immediately come to mind? I’ve been struggling with faith in one particular area of my life for years. I struggle because obedience in this area definitely requires more of...Read More

We’ve all had those pivotal life experiences, the ones we can look back on years later and say, “That changed who I am as a person.” I wish I could say that those experiences are always for the better, but the truth is that, more often than not, they are failures or hurts that change...Read More

I have a friend who loves to hike. She lives in an area surrounded by the kind of scenery most of us only read about in books, and every few weeks I see her post about her latest hike on Facebook. It fills me with envy. I may live in one of the most beautiful...Read More

As I was being wheeled down the cold hallway on a gurney, headed to the x-ray room, I looked up at my husband and said, with tears in my eyes, “I am on that boat and it’s storming and I’m really ready for Jesus to show up.” I then closed my eyes and under my...Read More