purposeful & authentic living
Sharing hope for everyday life – from the mundane to the messy.
Shining light on what matters most by empowering and equipping others to do whatever it is they are here to do, well, for the benefit of those we love & serve.
Resourcing & Connections (aka Events)
If you know me AT ALL, you’d know I love sharing and resourcing people with what’s going on. Lately, my interests are about chaplaincy, preaching, women in ministry, spiritual formation or spiritual direction, leadership, and various justice issues (immigration, faith freedom, anti-racism, ecology/ climate-change). Come and join me in these online/in-person learning events. I’d love to have conversation about what we learned!
Spiritual Direction
I’ve learned empathetic listening from various perspectives: counseling, chaplaincy, and spiritual direction as well as from being a mom, wife, sister, daughter, friend, and neighbor. I’ve combined all these skills and am making myself available to you as a trained spiritual director. Let’s talk and see if working with me is a good fit for you and your inner journey.
Pulpit Supply Preaching
I’m excited every time I get to study the Word of God with a specific body of people in mind. I pray that the Spirit of God would direct me as I do my diligence in research and prayer. These are my engagements (upcoming and previous) posted below. I share because they are markers of my growth as a preacher and maybe someone else might see them and be encouraged in their walk with God.
From my blog
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Recounting God’s Care For Us sermon from Isaiah 63
On this last Sunday of 2025, I share a few words of encouragement and hope which I found in the Old Testament Lectionary text Scriptures for the 1st Sunday After Christmas Day. As I thought about all that has happened in 2025, I found comfort in this passage to share with this audience at the…
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Living Ready and With Expectation sermon from Luke 2
The unnamed shepherds, in the middle of their work, received a divine invitation. How did they respond? They weren’t the only ones who received some unexpected news. I take a close look at this passage from Luke 2, and use it to ask ourselves, how are we living ready and with expectation today? Afterall, today,…
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Where God Wants Us To Be sermon from Jeremiah 17
How do we know we are doing the right thing and operating in God’s will? We don’t want to miss it. That’s how I felt when I was younger and even still now that I’m older, among many different opportunities, sometimes I wonder which one is truly for me. Here is my response to this…
