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Healing Families

To some, this may seem insignificant, but for this mama, it was deeply meaningful. She wondered why her nonverbal autistic son would get out of the bathtub just to check where she was, then return to the water. Up until this point, she had never left him alone—she always stayed with him while he bathed.Continue reading “Healing Families”

Running the Race

My longtime mentor and teacher, Sandy with Sight Ministries at the Vineyard in Grafton, explained to me that the human experience is an event with spectators, where you are the only person on the field. There is nobody with you and nobody against you—it’s just you. Every person you cross paths with in your lifeContinue reading “Running the Race”

A cup of cold water

Jesus came to bring “The Way.” He walked through every step that we will walk through as humans. He loved, He laughed, He cried—and in the end, He followed the Father’s heart for humanity. Jesus came because The Way of love needed to be laid. There is so much in time and history that weContinue reading “A cup of cold water”

You can have a piece of time.

My work documents a season of history through a deeply personal lens. Each piece captures the quiet tension between memory and change, inviting viewers to pause with me in the space between what was and what is becoming. I create to preserve moments that might otherwise go unnoticed, turning small truths into visual testimonies. ThroughContinue reading “You can have a piece of time.”

Sacrifice

“Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.”‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭37‬ ‭RSV‬‬ “The boundary is where I stop and you begin.” That quote from Boundaries by Henry Cloud describes a beautiful starting point for understanding who we truly are—what our “yes” is and what our “no” is. Why doContinue reading “Sacrifice”

Healing families

I work with all kinds of families—adoptive, foster, blended, and biological—but there’s one story that I want to tell you about. It’s about a little boy who experienced a medical trauma when he was just a year and a half old. In an instant, his voice was gone. He stopped speaking, and from that momentContinue reading “Healing families”

Living Water

It was midday, the sun blazing overhead, when Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down beside a well in Samaria. The disciples had gone into town to buy food, leaving Him alone. As He rested, a woman approached, carrying her jar to draw water. She was a Samaritan—someone Jews typically avoided—but Jesus spoke first: “WouldContinue reading “Living Water”

Dance with me – Holy Spirit

It’s in the secret place — the time to quiet your soul and set it aside for the Spirit to take the lead. The space where you see and experience what cannot be explained.A new season is here, and in this season, I know He is near. There’s a longing within everyone for intimacy —Continue reading “Dance with me – Holy Spirit”

Meeting Him in the Secret place

The journey of my yellow chair continues this time to the West Coast in California. Everyone has a secret place with Him—whether they realize it or not. When you learn to quiet yourself and still your mind, He will take you there. In that space, He reveals the details of your connection with Him, offeringContinue reading “Meeting Him in the Secret place”

When you become a part of the family

I spend a lot of time in people’s homes, working one-on-one with families to implement Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®). It’s a deeply relational process, and over time, something special happens—there’s a moment when I know I’ve been fully welcomed into their world. It’s subtle, but unmistakable. I’m no longer just a visitor; I’m part ofContinue reading “When you become a part of the family”