LOVe Church Blog

A Collection of Thoughts, Stories, & Encouragement From Our Leaders
Don’t Stop Now

Don’t Stop Now

As we near the end of 21 days of prayer, I’m believing what won’t end are the habits of daily prayer and the daily reading of God’s Word that we have developed in our personal lives during this time. One of the most eye-opening things I’ve discovered is that when I’m...

You Can Count on God

You Can Count on God

I’ve been meditating on Psalm 20 this week. Before we started our social media fast, I came across some artwork on Instagram that illuminated Psalm 20:4-5. The verses have stuck with me for days. "May he grant your heart’s desires and make all your plans succeed. May...

Soul Filter

Soul Filter

In 1854, the world’s greatest city was gripped by fear. An outbreak of the disease known as Cholera was sweeping across London, England, killing people seemingly at random in a terrifyingly brief window of 24 hours. The randomness was the product of confusion around...

Believe

Believe

 If you were to visit our home or walk into my office, you would see the word BELIEVE in pictures and plaques everywhere. BELIEVE is at the very core of my heart. There was a time though, after the death of our 2 month old son, that I didn’t believe anything or...

Hide & Seek

Hide & Seek

Growing up I was the definition of a strong-willed child. I was also the middle child. And while some middle children describe the frustrations of being ignored and often resentful of the parental attention doted upon the oldest and youngest children, I reveled in my...

Confidence

Confidence

A super weird and not very Christian thing that my husband and I do is watch a reality dating show called Love Island (The beginning of that sentence was scary, huh?). Yes, we have a guilty pleasure in watching what are typically “non-Christians” trying to find “love”...

Keep Pressing

Keep Pressing

I remember feeling so frustrated in the hospital as the doctors diagnosed my baby girl with Type 1 Diabetes. I knew that Jesus had already bore this awful disease so she wouldn't have to. I knew that by Jesus's stripes she was already healed and that no weapon formed...

The Hallway

The Hallway

If you’ve had a child in our Kids Ministry for any length of time, your side of it likely looks like lollipop sugar highs and incomprehensible fractions of Bible stories. Our side looks like specifically scheduled rotations in each service, each rotation designed for...

The Real Questions

The Real Questions

I’ve gained this reputation in a lot of my social circles for being “real”. Perhaps it comes from the season of my life where my most common sermon commentary was, “That’s real.” Or perhaps it comes from the fact that I’ve been very vocal about topics that were...

Why Faith?

Why Faith?

Why does having faith in God have to be so difficult? Why didn’t He just say, “Hard work is the solution to all things”? I mean come on, get real; wouldn’t my life be better if I worked harder at the things I wanted? Hard work has its rewards, no doubt about that....

Highly Qualified

Highly Qualified

You remember that point in your life when you were applying for jobs? Your resume was absolutely perfect (after editing it about one hundred times), and you had at least three letters of recommendation rolling in. The day of anticipation finally approached; you...

From God’s Vantage Point

From God’s Vantage Point

As my sisters and I started getting older, my family began a new Christmas tradition. Since we were no longer children, we decided that instead of each of us buying every family member a big-item, super expensive gift, we would each draw one name from a hat and would...

Dad Knows Best

Dad Knows Best

“I want to go home,” my son, Jax, told me, tears streaming down his face, his favorite Caps shirt torn, slightly bruised body, slightly more bruised ego. Last year while on his first trip to the new bike park nearby, he’d just fallen off one of the ramps. While he...

Who’s Gonna Tell Them?

Who’s Gonna Tell Them?

Growing up, Juneteenth wasn't something that my family and I readily celebrated. In all honesty, I think we were ignorant to a pretty significant fact in American History, more specifically African American History. After President Abraham Lincoln signed the...

He Knows: A Graduation Blog

He Knows: A Graduation Blog

Congratulations Class of 2021! Graduating from high school or higher education is always a huge achievement! This year you have not only completed your coursework, but you have done so in spite of incredible obstacles both externally and internally. Take a deep...

An Abundance of Kindness for an Abundance of Controversy

An Abundance of Kindness for an Abundance of Controversy

“I’ve got to stop using my husband as my illustrations,” I thought to myself immediately before I used my husband as my illustration. He recently had a birthday and is one of those people that says they want nothing for their birthday, nor do they want to do anything...

Don’t Drink The Poison

Don’t Drink The Poison

I am the youngest of three kids, and I can honestly say that my siblings are my best friends. They are both incredible people, and they pursue the Lord with all their heart; I can’t imagine my life without their wisdom, their silliness, and their friendship. But...

God’s Way

God’s Way

Relationships are hard, but they can also be very rewarding. I have experience when it comes to doing life with others. I am the middle child of three children, come from a very large extended family, have been working in the service industry for over 25 years, run my...