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Supporting Women Who have Mixed Feelings about Pregnancy
I am going to say something very unpopular as a married Christian woman: I am not really a baby person. I believe that children are a gift from the Lord and that human life is valuable and worth protecting from its very beginning. I genuinely enjoy children; I just have never shared the bubbling-over baby-fever…
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Why Say the Lord’s Prayer Together?
At the church where I work, we say the Lord’s Prayer every Sunday as a key part of the liturgy. At the church where I am a member and my husband is Lead Pastor, we have started saying the Lord’s Prayer as a way to conclude our services. This has been met with mostly positive…
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Platforms to Pillars: Trading the Burden of Performance for the Freedom of God’s Presence
I’m in the thick of researching platforms—digital and otherwise. As I do so, it is important to me to frame my research according to a biblical worldview. I do not just want to understand the operating systems behind digital platforms and the motivations behind personal platform building. Rather, I want to understand how platforms can…
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A Prayer for Preparing to Lead Worship
I’ve been convicted lately that we pray before sermons and sacraments, but not before singing. Especially if you are a worship leader or volunteer, consider praying this little prayer along with me before your next service: Lord, establish now the work of our hands. Make them skillful, not that we might garner glory for ourselves,…
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Thanks to My Endorsers
I spent 2023 learning about publishing and obsessively refining my book proposal for Spirit-Filled Singing: Bearing Fruit as We Worship Together. Then, when I had the joy of signing a contract with Crossway, I spent 2024 deep in drafting and revising my manuscript. Throughout 2025, I’ve had the delight of watching everything else come together—from…
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Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age
I’ve been working on my dissertation proposal and have decided to focus on Christian writers maintaining spiritual well-being in the digital age. Where better to start than with this acclaimed book on digital wisdom by author, blogger, and editor, Samuel James? About & Review Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age is not…
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The Worst Parts of Church Are Why You Need to Go
I recently watched a truly outstanding church live-stream. The camerawork captured the lighting and staging so well that my first thought was, “There is no way the in-person experience is as good as this.” Even the music—notoriously tough to transmit online—was stellar. It was as clear through the speakers of my TV as it would…
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Accepting My Undone To-Do’s
Anyone who knows me knows I never go anywhere without my planner. If it isn’t in my purse, it’s siting open on my kitchen table. I never schedule anything without consulting it to prevent double-bookings or missed appointments. I jot down my passwords, grocery lists, and blog ideas in its margins. Every day I work…
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Reblog: Marriage and Music
Yesterday was Billy and my fourth anniversary and my brother is getting married this weekend, so it seemed like a good opportunity to share this previous post about weddings, music, and worship. Enjoy!
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Watering Dirt
“I have to go water my flowerbeds,” I said a few weeks ago. Flowerbeds—not flowers. There were no flowers yet, but “I have to go water my flowerbeds” sounded much better than “I have to go water my dirt.” But you know what you have to do to get flowers and, later, fruit? Water dirt.…
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