Have you ever been casually walking through your front door or sliding into your car when, all of a sudden, something is stuck to your face? Something that causes you to immediately start swiping at yourself as though your next move, if done incorrectly, could lead to your demise? And then, moments later, after you've calmed down enough to breathe, you realize... Spider web. Has that ever happened to you? If not, great. Consider yourself one of God's very special people. The number of times...

Last week I traveled home to celebrate my parents' 40th Anniversary! (We LOVE love!!) As I was making the long trek home (5 hours of vacant roads, of farms, cows, and other weird scenery) , I started to get a little bit of an attitude. The weeks leading up to the actual dinner were pure chaos. Multiple group chats trying to iron out details, the overwhelm of daily life, and general miscommunication of siblings in different stages of life and different portions of the East Coast trying to...

This post is not the one that I dreamed of pushing publish on the past few days. It’s not the original direction of my reflections from a trip to Colorado that took place over 5 years ago. It’s definitely not the launchpad that I anticipated springing from with what I hoped this upcoming year would be. Instead it’s an honest reflection about recovery and how Christ meets us in the ruins. Working in the field of recovery is hard and at times down right sucks. The push and pull of wills...