• Faith Talk

    “The Princess, the Dragon, and the King” Part 3 – The Allegory Explained

    March 10, 2025 - By 

    This week I am sharing the next part of my conference talk given in 2023. In this part of the series, I will explain the allegory I posted previously and describe my personal struggles with postpartum depression and anxiety. I have redacted some of the names to protect my family’s privacy, but otherwise, this is all as it was originally delivered. This is my story, and although couched in the form of a fairy tale allegory, it is all true. If you’ve heard my testimony of salvation, you know that I was raised in a Christian home, had a good…

  • Faith Talk - Writing Life

    Part 2 of “The Princess, The Dragon, and The King: An Allegory”

    March 3, 2025 - By 

    I am back again this week with the second part of the story I began last week. This installment will wrap up the allegory section from my talk, but next week I will share the meaning of the allegory and my personal story. So stay tuned for the rest of the series over the coming weeks! If you missed Part 1, you can read that here. Driven to the deep dungeons of the castle, in almost complete darkness, the princess found light in a tiny corner of her heart that the monster had not managed to poison. In desperation she…

  • Faith Talk - Writing Life

    “The Princess, the Dragon, and the King: An Allegory,” Part 1

    February 26, 2025 - By 

    This week, I am beginning a series of posts that are taken from a conference talk I gave at my church in the fall of 2023. I have been wanting to share this story here ever since giving it as a talk, but at the time I didn’t even have access to the blog because of some backend issues with my server! Now that I am back and writing again, I decided it was finally time to share this with all of you here. Since this is a rather lengthy story, though, I am breaking it up into several installments.…

  • Faith Talk - Uncategorized - Writing Life

    Favor: Five Minute Fridays Link-Up

    January 24, 2025 - By 

    As part of my goal to write more in 2025, I decided to join back up with Five Minute Fridays Link-Ups as often as I can. Here is my post for this week’s prompt: Time begins now… When I saw today’s prompt of “favor“, I immediately thought of God’s favor and grace in salvation. Because I have been studying I Peter 1 lately, I have been considering God’s goodness in sovereignly sending His Son to die in my place. In I Peter 1, we see that it is also God’s grace that leads us to obedience and holiness. It is…

  • Life in General

    My Goals for GROWTH in 2018, Part 1: Relationships

    January 3, 2018 - By 

    As promised, I am back with a post about my goals for 2018! In my last post, I talked a little about the word I have chosen to be my theme for the year: GROWTH. All my goals this year center on that idea of slow, steady progress. I have divided my goals up into a few different general areas: Relational Growth, Personal Growth, and Professional Growth. This first post will focus on my goals in growing the relationships God has given me. Goals for Relational Growth Be more intentional about showing love to my husband in ways that mean…