by Genny
Pursuing your dreams is exhilarating, but it can also be challenging. Especially when things aren’t happening as quickly or as smoothly as you thought they would. If you’re at a place in your path where you feel like your dreams have stalled, here are five things to consider: 1. Are your expectations realistic? When I […] Read more…
by Genny
Early in my journey as a writer, when I first set out to pursue my dream of becoming an author, I dug out an old box that my mom had saved from my high school years. At the bottom, buried under dried prom and homecoming flowers, my graduation cap and gown, and pictures upon pictures of high […] Read more…
by Genny
Life is a story and each day is a new page, and even though that sounds totally cliché, the ironic thing is, when we stop trying to figure it all out—when we shift from pursuing our dreams for our own agenda to being available for God to use to reach out to others, we start to see—to […] Read more…
by Genny
I keep a card on my fridge with a quote from Max Lucado that reads: “If you ever wonder how in the world God could use you to change the world, look at these people. What people? The people God used to change history. People who found hope, not in their performance, but in God’s proverbially Open Arms.” […] Read more…
by Genny
I sat at the table and opened my daughter’s Bible. I took a piece of tape and gently placed it around the edges of the tab that marked Psalms. We got the tabs five years ago so she could easily find each book, and now there were tiny tears along the sides of them, threatening […] Read more…
by Genny
“Are you okay to go if it rains?” My friend’s text pops up on my phone just before we’re supposed to go walking together. I look outside. Dark clouds hover where it was clear just minutes before. “Sure!” I text back. Even though I don’t hesitate when I answer, I have to admit, if I wasn’t […] Read more…
by Genny
When the song “Oceans” first came out several months ago, I listened to it nonstop. It was as if I was compelled to play it, again and again. I remember one morning, driving with my windows down and the volume up, singing… You call me out upon the waters, The great unknown, Where feet may fail. And […] Read more…
by Genny
You may remember Holley Gerth’s God-Sized Dream Team and how excited I was to be part of it. (If you want, you can check out the team here, read my back story and what I wrote in my application, read a letter to you about how to find your dreams, or hear some thoughts on how you can pursue your dreams every […] Read more…