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10/12/2026

"This is great, and even though it's written with women in mind, it translates to men just the same. I love the differentiation between shame and shamed." Ryan Akers, Small Group Pastor
I have spent a long career helping leaders get clear, and I can tell you that clarity rarely starts with strategy. It starts with whatever a person has been carrying and has not named.
That is why I wrote Untying Your Knots, and it is why a note like this one means so much. I wrote it with women in mind, and I am glad to hear it carries further. It is for anyone worn out from managing what God never asked them to manage, and ready to lead from freedom instead of fear.
If that describes a colleague, a friend, or the person reading this, I would be honored for the book to land in those hands.

10/11/2026

I need to say thank you, and I need to say it plainly.
In June I put a book into the world called Untying Your Knots, and I did it with my heart in my throat. It is a book about guilt and shame and fear and control, which is a polite way of saying it is a book about the things I would rather not have told anybody.
You read it anyway. You shared it. Some of you wrote to tell me what came loose while you were reading.
I did not write that book from the finish line. I wrote it from the middle of the untangling, and it turns out a whole lot of you are standing right there with me.
So thank you. For reading it, for passing it along, for being brave enough to let God put His hands on your knots.
Pardoned. Free. His. That is still the whole thing.
There is more coming this fall, and I cannot wait to tell you. Today I just wanted to say thank you first.

10/05/2026

I have been quiet around here for a bit, and I owe you a hello.
October came in fast and it brought a full table with it. So let me set it all out where you can see it.
Still Waiting, my Advent study for women, is out and on Amazon. Advent begins Sunday, November 29, and that is closer than it sounds.
There is a podcast on the way called Turn In Here. I will tell you where that name comes from soon, and I think you are going to love it.
In November the presale opens for Hey Mom: Pieced Together, a book of letters to my mother.
And there is a study on the book of James in the works, called Practical Christianity.
That is a lot, I know. But every bit of it comes from the same place. I want women to have somewhere to sit down, tell the truth, and hear what God actually says.
So pull up a chair. It is going to be a good fall.

Still Waiting available on Amazon: https://a.co/d/0j6PXBq2

10/02/2026

I want to say thank you. Thank you for reading Still Waiting, for showing up at the Harbor these next five weeks, for trusting me with your leadership questions and your transitions and your Tuesday afternoons when things feel hard. This season has been full, and October is about to be fuller still. I do not take any of this lightly, and I am grateful every single day that you let me walk alongside you in this. More is coming. Stay tuned.

10/01/2026

If you have not picked up your copy of Still Waiting yet, now is a good time. I want to be clear on what this book actually is. It is not a workbook for the Harbor study, it is its own Advent study, tracing the four hundred years of silence after Malachi all the way to the moment God finally speaks again, stepping into the world Himself as a baby in Bethlehem. It is available now on Amazon, and it is a rich way to walk into this Advent season with fresh eyes. This book was the fastest I've ever written a book, definitely written by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in my life. I cannot wait for you to have it in your hands.

December has a way of moving faster every year. More to celebrate, more to carry, and never enough time to rest in what the season is about. is an Advent study for those who want more - more depth, more stillness, more of the Messiah. Over four weeks, this study walks through Hope, Peace, Joy...

09/29/2026

Today is the day. The semester study at the Harbor begins tonight, and I am so glad to be walking through these next five weeks with you as a contributing author. If you are local and have not made it out yet, there is still room for you at the table. Come as you are, bring your questions, and let us learn together what it looks like to actually connect with God instead of just checking a box. See you there.

09/26/2026

I need you to keep your eyes on this page in October, because I have some things to tell you that I have been sitting on for a while now. There are 2027 events already taking shape that I cannot wait to open up to you. There are books that have been living in my heart and are finally close enough to talk about out loud. There is a podcast almost ready to launch, and there is something called Turn In Here that I have been building quietly that I think is going to matter to a lot of women. October is when I start pulling the curtain back on all of it. Stay close, because you are going to want to be here for what is coming.

09/25/2026

People ask me all the time how I actually study scripture, not just read it and close the book, but let it settle into my life. That is exactly what I will be unpacking as a contributing author for the Harbor's semester study beginning September 29th. Five weeks, one path, and an invitation for you to build a habit that actually sticks instead of one more good intention that fades by the second week of October. If you are local and you have been wanting something to reconnect you to your faith in a way that feels real and doable, this is it. Come be part of it.

09/23/2026

Here is something I want you to know about Still Waiting. It was not written in a vacuum. It grew up alongside a study on the book of Malachi, and the two of them speak to each other. Malachi is a book about a people who had grown tired of waiting on God, who had started to wonder if He even noticed their faithfulness anymore. Sound familiar? Still Waiting picks up that same ache after the birth of Jesus. If you are joining us at the Harbor for the Malachi study starting September 29th, get your copy now read it as you walk into the joy of Christmas through Advent. It is available on Amazon, written to sit right after the Malachi study or completely alone, as your companion through the year's most beloved and busy season.

December has a way of moving faster every year. More to celebrate, more to carry, and never enough time to rest in what the season is about. is an Advent study for those who want more - more depth, more stillness, more of the Messiah. Over four weeks, this study walks through Hope, Peace, Joy...

09/20/2026

Transition is one of those words that sounds clean on paper and feels like chaos when you are living it. Whether you are changing jobs, changing roles, changing seasons of life, or leading a team through a shift nobody asked for, the ground under your feet does not have to stay steady for you to keep leading well. In my coaching work, I walk leaders through exactly that, how to make decisions with clarity when the picture is not finished yet, how to steady your people when you yourself are not entirely sure what is next, and how to trust that the in-between season is not wasted time. If you are in a season of transition right now, whether in your business, your leadership, or your own life, I would love to talk with you about what coaching could look like. Send me a message.