Author: Christa
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When a Meal Helped Me Hope
When I was just shy of 20 weeks pregnant with Karis, my water broke. I wrote that story in more detail here, but all you need to know is that I was on bedrest and we were desperately asking God to spare her life. During this time, people from our church showed us love like…
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Why It’s Hard to Trust God
Here’s the ugly truth: We don’t like to trust God. We talk about it, sing songs about it, and make beautiful art about it, but we’re not very good at actually trusting in God alone. Trusting God means I’m not trusting myself. It means I’m not trying to figure the problem out as if I’m…
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When Did I Start Writing? (part two)
(find part one here) In 2017, I began to think about writing a book. It was a while before I even mentioned these book thoughts to my husband. After all, who was I to try to write a book? Just daring to think the idea made me sick with nervousness. So I decided not to…
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When Did I Start Writing?
When did I start writing? Well, I suppose the real answer to this question begins somewhere in my elementary school days. The only writings I remember are the snail mail letters to my beloved pen pal cousin in Pennsylvania. We wrote about important things like creating our own club, what we were going to wear…
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Hurting People
Today, I talked with a lot of hurting people. I talked with a daughter whose Dad is in ICU, With a boy who’s in his 3rd foster home this year, With a lady whose husband used to be a pastor but now won’t even attend church, With her adult son who saw it all happen…