Journey to Justice

June 5, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

“Let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like a never-failing stream!” Amos 5:24 tells us that God’s heart for justice is desperate to cover the earth. Justice is like a mighty rushing river with tumultuous waves rolling on and on. The Nile River itself was a prophetic symbol of justice for the Israelites. […]

Celebrating the Genesis

June 1, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

The Holy Spirit showed me a picture of a door covered in streamers as I was reading the book of Genesis. I felt this perfect peace as I opened the door and saw lush gardens, animals of all kind and a stillness I’d never felt. As I sat in this moment, I heard the Spirit […]

Bent

May 29, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Spirit of Justice, Come. I repent & I lament. I’m so sorry that we’ve stayed bent. Bent from not seeing your pain, bent from loving our white privilege gain. Bent in not hearing & seeing, bent for not believing & grieving. Bent for not always speaking up, bent for only thinking about filling our cup. Bent […]

{THE WORD OF GOD}

May 21, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

“You don’t know the word of God.” “You’re not theologically sound.” “If the Bible has been translated so many times, don’t you think the heart of it has been lost? How can you be SURE this is the real stuff?” “You’re a fake.” At the beginning of 2020, I felt this invitation from the Lord […]

Sakura, A Season to bloom

February 19, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

I am no gardener. I live in Anchorage, Alaska where 7 months out of the year, our backyard is covered in at least a foot of snow. In the winter season, the days get long, cold and dark. Growing anything seems like a daunting task. As the days get longer and the weather dips down […]

~Tasirruk, to stretch, lengthen and widen~

November 15, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

The word “tasirruk,” means to stretch, lengthen and widen in Inupiaq. Throughout our time here in Alaska I have grown to love Inupiaq words and what they mean. I’ve known many who have a heart for people and Corina is absolutely one of them. I met her a few summers ago when I had the […]

Kingdom Of Wonder

October 15, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

I had a feeling that the Lord would speak to me about the Nation of Cambodia at Angkor Wat. As I was walking around, I saw the parallels of old and new, reflected throughout the architecture and people walking around. But what really caught my eye were the hundreds of butterflies flying above the grounds […]

Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge

September 28, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

On a recent trip back to Japan, where I used to teach Kindergarten, God used a phrase in a shopping center to speak to me about prophetic giftings. Often times I feel odd, weird and different for the ways that God speaks to me. I was walking in a shopping center and the phrase, “Imagination […]

No Footholds For Me

September 20, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

During a solo trip to Hong Kong a few years ago, I experienced a wild act of God. Before I was married, I often traveled alone and constantly covered myself in prayer. I was out exploring the sights in downtown Hong Kong and started to head back to the place I was staying, which was […]

The Heart of my Heartbeat is in the Whale

September 15, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

I often keep my ears and eyes open to what God will say and pay attention to certain symbols or themes. In the past few months, whales keep appearing. They constantly show up in my dreams, visions, pictures, artwork and I’ve even seen them in the ocean several times while driving along Turnagain Arm in […]