We live in a world and a culture obsessed with "more." It is exhausting, depleting and will leave you broke, broken and a shadow of who God created you to be.
In June 2016 my husband and I gave away 75% of our personal possessions, sold our house and used the proceeds to pay off debt. We went from living in a 3,600+ square foot home in a beautiful neighborhood in Gilbert, Arizona to "generational living" living with my parents and our daughter on my family’s cattle ranch in far Northern California.
I believe God desires freedom, not bondage, for His Children and the freedom our family has found being credit card debt free is worth far more than the lifestyle we enjoyed enslaved to debt.
You can find joy and peace in "less" when the only "more" you're chasing is more of Jesus.
In this short video I’ll share with you a little about my daily Bible study process and give you some background on the prophet Jeremiah and what was happening as he wrote the Book of Lamentations. Despite his difficult circumstances, the prophet Jeremiah remained faithful to the Lord and encouraged himself and us, thousands of […]
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“Theology” can be an intimidating word. In her new book, Every Woman a Theologian, author and Bible teacher Phylicia Masonheimer makes Christian theology approachable and understandable, so as the subtitle says, you can “Know What you Believe. Live It Confidently. Communicate It Graciously. It isn’t an “easy” read, but it isn’t difficult either. Phylicia blends […]
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Mark Twain famously said, “Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.” Sometimes we find it easier to live in denial of the truth than to accept it, so we hop planes to “Egypt.” The truth isn’t always pretty. It’s not always what we want to hear. The situation gets even more uncomfortable when the truth […]
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I changed my name because I got married – more than 19 years ago!! It’s sort of a long story, but it involves a life that got too busy and a heart that was too proud. I liked my maiden name (Langford). I was used to it. I’m adopted and it always felt like one […]
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