Rest for Your Soul

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The World Through My Eyes

Snapshots of how I see, feel, and move through the world.

I’ve labeled these posts as articles, but they’re really a mix of blog posts, journal entries, and lessons I’ve picked up along the way.

I started writing poems at 13, and I still turn to them whenever life feels loud or heavy.


I work for my church, and they gifted me something called “restoration time”—a three-month paid sabbatical. I’m deeply grateful for it. These post came from that time.

Latest Posts

  • My Vacation

           “For since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes have been made clearly intelligible through the things that have been made. (His handiworks)”. Romans 1:20             Standing on the beach, with the wind blowing through my hair, the sound of the waves crashing on shore, the sand beneath my feet and the…

  • The Universe Declares Your Majesty

                About a month ago, I traveled by airplane from Minneapolis to St. Louis. As I watched the sunrise from above the clouds, God reminded me of His majesty. The following is taken from my journal that morning.             I boarded the plane and the sky was still dark – the ground was dark too. After we…

  • He is My Abba Father

                I attended the Life in the Word (Joyce Meyer) Women’s Conference in St. Louis, MO the first part of October.  I volunteered to serve as an usher. God blessed me so much! I met some really wonderful women; I got to work alongside two Spirit-filled women, one from South Carolina and one from Texas. It…