The Question I’m Asking These Days

“God, how are you going to do this?” I felt like I have faced the impossible this year and seen God move in miraculous ways. Yet even now, there are situations big and small that seem impossible. I can’t...

All Good Things April: New habits, thrift finds, good books, and new art

April was a good month, so grab a cup of coffee or tea and I’ll share my good things with you! New Habits I’m a little ashamed to say that I have struggled with being distracted by the news...

LET’S TALK ABOUT ANTI-RACISM: FOUR THINGS I NEVER UNDERSTOOD ABOUT RACISM (PART 4)

Cover Image original caption reads “the power of dancing to soothe the savage breast upon the western plains.” From the New York Public Library Digital Collection. I began this series on things I never understand about anti-racism back in...

All Good Things May: moments of quiet, a broken rib, and emotional health

Hello friends! This past month has been a whirlwind of adjustments for our family. All my children are now back in in-person school four days a week! My introverted and creative soul has been revived by the wonderfully quiet...

My December Art Shows

I was so honored to get to display my art in TWO local shows. One was at The Church of the Incarnation here in Harrisonburg. They have an entire Arts Incarnate program dedicated to platforming local artists and celebrating...

Shenandoah Valley Birds Paint and Color Page

I do a simple watercolor activity with friends at a local community center called Our Community Place once a month. I’ve been painting watercolor birds these past few weeks, so this week I used my iPad and Apple Pencil...

The problem with mirrors

Tulip image courtesy of Twiggy Posts Only your Creator can tell you who you are. This is the truth that’s been ringing in my ears lately. Did you know a mirror is just piece of glass coated on one side with...

All Good Things: January 2024

This is my blog series where I recap good things I’ve enjoyed the last month, so here goes! I have been more intentional this month about making art a part of my work day routine. There’s always the business...

God is near + Psalm 34:18 printable Bible verse coloring page

I hung up the phone with the boy I had been pursuing a relationship with for the past year. He admitted cheating on me, and I knew immediately that the dream of “us” was over. I was in grad...

Paint with Me Watercolor Tutorial: Christmas Tree Farm

Well hello there friends! Welcome to my last blog post of 2021! I have a fun watercolor tutorial for you inspired by the Christmas Tree Farm. Here’s what you can round up before you start the video: SUPPLIES jar...

All that I’m not, body parts, and fanning the flame + 1 Corinthians 12:14-16, 19 Bible verse printable

I don’t always feel like I fit in as an artist. I don’t watercolor, do calligraphy, paint, or make anything classy, sophisticated or fancy. I draw cute illustrations and write about the Word, but sometimes that feels very small. Maybe...

Jesus, Friend of Sinners + Jesus Meets Zacchaeus Luke 19:5 Coloring Page

Image: Zacchaeus in the Sycamore Awaiting the Passage of Jesus by James Tissot from the Brooklyn Museum. James Tissot painted a whole collection of painting on the life of Jesus that you can explore HERE. I have been meditating...

Wisdom in the Secret Place

I don’t know how God speaks to you. For me, it’s often in the form of repeated themes from a variety of sources. I hear something in a counseling session. I hear it again in a sermon. I read...

Pocket Prayers Printable

I don’t know about you, but there have been times in my spiritual life with God when I long for the rich prayers passed down in our Christian tradition. I enjoy praying prayers from The Book of Common Prayer...

What I learned from woodworking videos

While I in bed sick a few weeks ago, I watched a lot of YouTube videos. The algorithm that knows I like thrifting and vintage reseller videos, (this channel and this channel are my favorites) so it started feeding me furniture flipper...

Doing Good in the Neighborhood: Serving Asylum Seekers on their way through Albuquerque

This post is part of a new series I’m calling “Doing Good in the Neighborhood.” You can submit your own project HERE and let me know about the doing good you’re a part of, in the name of Jesus, in your...

Jesus Speaks to Women: Mary and the Wedding

I am going through a series of art and poems based on the words Jesus spoke to women. This is based on the words Jesus spoke to his mother, Mary, at a wedding in Cana recorded in John 2:1-11. Grown now,...

Plant Peace James 3:17-18 Coloring page and Screensaver

I’ve been thinking on these verses for months now. They nudge me, convict me, and give me a vision for how to navigate a divisive political and religious landscape here in the US, a landscape that desperately needs the...

The personal growth strategy that always fails + Romans 8:1 Bible coloring page in English and Spanish

A few days after Christmas, my daughter put a leftover cinnamon roll in the microwave, set the timer for four minutes, and walked away. A few minutes later, as the cinnamon roll began to char, I hurried down the...

on my Christmas wish list: books!

I just love books and how God uses them to change me. I have to admit I’m not always great at finishing them, but I have great expectations! Here is a collection of books I’d like to read this...

Shine as lights + Philippians 2:14-16 Coloring page in English & Spanish

I’ve been thinking and reading a lot about the church in America recently, especially through this last election season. When I observe the American church, I see some Christian speaking prophetically and faithfully. I see some grasping for political...

A little pep talk for parenting in a pandemic

I had a longer blog post planned for this week, but quite honestly I’m having a hard time keeping it together this week. Let’s just say the combination of three kids doing school at home all day plus the...

The house of mourning + Psalm 16:2 Screensaver in English and Spanish

My sweet neighbor and friend, Lila, died from complications from lung cancer this week. She was in her late seventies. She read this blog, encouraged me, and told me stories about her life and her grandchildren. She even came...

What I learned from woodworking videos

While I in bed sick a few weeks ago, I watched a lot of YouTube videos. The algorithm that knows I like thrifting and vintage reseller videos, (this channel and this channel are my favorites) so it started feeding me furniture flipper...

My four best tips for framing and displaying your artwork

If you’ve been to my house or follow my Instagram feed, you probably know that having art on my walls is important to me.  Art brings such joy to my home, so I’d love to share with you my...

Introducing two new Bible printable sets + a free sample coloring page

My business has changed a lot over the last 10 years! I started off making cute animal prints for nursery decor on Etsy. In 2015, I started writing this blog and created my first Bible verse printable. I was...

There’s Light for a Look at the Savior + free “Turn Your Eyes” Coloring Page

I was reading this week about how God’s covenant with the people of Israel was centered on the promise of His presence. Old Testament scholar, John Walton writes, “God’s purpose in making the covenant was to initiate a relationship...

My four best tips for framing and displaying your artwork

If you’ve been to my house or follow my Instagram feed, you probably know that having art on my walls is important to me.  Art brings such joy to my home, so I’d love to share with you my...

Heard Around Here: Volume 4

I like to collect the things I hear around our home and share them with you occasionally. They’re a little glimpse into my everyday life. Here’s my latest collection: YES, WE ARE WINNING AT HOMESCHOOL: Sarah (6) and I...

Garden Living + a 2 Corinthians 6:16 Bible Coloring Page in English and Spanish

Sometimes, I think it’s important to take a big step back out of the busyness of life, and ask the big picture questions. What is God doing here? What am I doing here? When we frame life in God’s...

Conversations with my four year old: Volume 3

My kiddos (mostly the four-year-old) have said some pretty funny things over the last few months. I jotted them down so I could share some of with you. . . .  Anna (four years old): “Can I have some...

There’s Light for a Look at the Savior + free “Turn Your Eyes” Coloring Page

I was reading this week about how God’s covenant with the people of Israel was centered on the promise of His presence. Old Testament scholar, John Walton writes, “God’s purpose in making the covenant was to initiate a relationship...

The Jesus Speaks to Women Project: Mary Magdalene and Patterns of Naming in the New Testament

Artwork: Christ and His Disciple on the Road to Emmaus by Henry Ossawa Tanner (in the public domain) If you’re following me here, you’ll know I’m expanding my series on “Jesus Speaks to Women” to a Bible study (or...

Jesus speaks to women: the woman at the well

I am creating a series of art and poems based on the words Jesus spoke to women. This poem is based on the story of the woman at the well from John 4. I learned to see myselfthrough their gazea useful...

A resource for teaching the Bible to kids, the Tower of Babel, + an update on my Bible study project

I recently started teaching Sunday School again and the lesson last month was on the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. After all I’ve been learning about faithful Bible reading, I knew better than to assume that I understood...

Jesus Speaks to Women: Mary and the Wedding

I am going through a series of art and poems based on the words Jesus spoke to women. This is based on the words Jesus spoke to his mother, Mary, at a wedding in Cana recorded in John 2:1-11. Grown now,...

The personal growth strategy that always fails + Romans 8:1 Bible coloring page in English and Spanish

A few days after Christmas, my daughter put a leftover cinnamon roll in the microwave, set the timer for four minutes, and walked away. A few minutes later, as the cinnamon roll began to char, I hurried down the...

to the Mama who thinks she’s the worst + John 14:18-20 coloring page

I am frustrated with my frustration.  I am impatient with my own impatience. Why do I keep letting these little people get to me? We may all look put-together as we herd our scrubbed and somewhat-matching little duckies into...

On dormant passions

I have two big folders of artwork from college that I’ve never thrown away. I was in college at Gardner-Webb University (a wonderful small Baptist college in North Carolina) from 1996-2000. I recently remembered two charcoal sketches I did...

All Good Things: January

Well friends, the new year feels . . . like more of the movie Groundhog Day (and there were way too many wonderful Groundhog Day GIFs to choose from). I know this past week has been heavy and anxiety-inducing...

Tuning my heart

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing Tune my heart to sing Thy grace Streams of mercy, never ceasing Call for songs of loudest praise Teach me some melodious sonnet Sung by flaming tongues above Praise the mount, I’m fixed...

Shenandoah Valley Birds Paint and Color Page

I do a simple watercolor activity with friends at a local community center called Our Community Place once a month. I’ve been painting watercolor birds these past few weeks, so this week I used my iPad and Apple Pencil...

Pocket Prayers Printable

I don’t know about you, but there have been times in my spiritual life with God when I long for the rich prayers passed down in our Christian tradition. I enjoy praying prayers from The Book of Common Prayer...

the courage to wait + Psalm 27:14 Bible verse coloring page (Spanish + English)

As I wade through various circumstances in my life, this verse comes to mind, so I’m sharing this artwork with you today! It takes courage to wait on the LORD to move in us, to move in others, and...

Jesus, Friend of Sinners + Jesus Meets Zacchaeus Luke 19:5 Coloring Page

Image: Zacchaeus in the Sycamore Awaiting the Passage of Jesus by James Tissot from the Brooklyn Museum. James Tissot painted a whole collection of painting on the life of Jesus that you can explore HERE. I have been meditating...

LET’S TALK ABOUT ANTI-RACISM: FOUR THINGS I NEVER UNDERSTOOD ABOUT RACISM (PART 4)

Cover Image original caption reads “the power of dancing to soothe the savage breast upon the western plains.” From the New York Public Library Digital Collection. I began this series on things I never understand about anti-racism back in...

Willing to wait + Proverbs 20:24 Bible Verse Coloring Page

“A man’s steps are from the Lord;how then can man understand his way?” Proverbs 20:24 I used to use this verse sometimes in college to reply when people asked me, “What are you going to do when you graduate?” I...

August Good Reads

Purely for pleasure, I have been reading through Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache murder mystery series. I just finished The Beautiful Mystery (#8 in the series). I love the way the characters in the books develop over the series. The...

The personal growth strategy that always fails + Romans 8:1 Bible coloring page in English and Spanish

A few days after Christmas, my daughter put a leftover cinnamon roll in the microwave, set the timer for four minutes, and walked away. A few minutes later, as the cinnamon roll began to char, I hurried down the...

Marked safe in this new year + a safe phone screensaver

Occasionally, Facebook will let me know that a friend has marked his or herself “safe” after an earthquake, a terrorist attack, or a hurricane.    As we face a new year, can I encourage to mark yourself “safe” in...

The joy of God + a Psalm 16:11 Screensaver

When you think of God, do you think of His infinite joy, and the delight he takes in his good creation, including you?  I’m slowly reading through Dallas Willard’s The Divine Conspiracy.** You’ll probably be hearing a lot about it here...

Take it to the Lord in Prayer Screensaver

Through it all, I am rejoicing today in the proven truth of these lines from What a Friend We Have in Jesus by Joseph Scriven: What a friend we have in JesusAll our sins and griefs to bearAnd what...

God’s goal for you + James 1:4 screensaver in English and Spanish

I don’t know the season you’re facing today. When it’s not one thing, it’s another, right? Waiting. Despairing. Doubting. All the various kinds of suffering possible, and there are many.  The gospel writers don’t skip around this reality: “For as...

I’ve been wanting to share a printable of the Lord’s Prayer with you and with my own children for a while now, and here it is! It seems so very appropriate to share it now as we welcome a...

Worn out by Grief: A Comfort and Challenge from Luke 22:39-46

“Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them,...

Summer Bible Memory + Printable Bible Memory Plan Chart

I told you I’d be back (two blog posts in one week–what?)!   Summer break is just around the corner for us. I’m freaking out a little bit about having everyone at home again, but believing that God has good...

The recount + Psalm 9:1 Printable Bible Coloring Page in English and Spanish

(The Amazon links in this post are affiliate links,* which means that if you purchase something using them, I get a small portion of the sale. It’s a small way you can support the blog, but only if you’d...

On dormant passions

I have two big folders of artwork from college that I’ve never thrown away. I was in college at Gardner-Webb University (a wonderful small Baptist college in North Carolina) from 1996-2000. I recently remembered two charcoal sketches I did...

Jesus, Friend of Sinners + Jesus Meets Zacchaeus Luke 19:5 Coloring Page

Image: Zacchaeus in the Sycamore Awaiting the Passage of Jesus by James Tissot from the Brooklyn Museum. James Tissot painted a whole collection of painting on the life of Jesus that you can explore HERE. I have been meditating...

The Question I’m Asking These Days

“God, how are you going to do this?” I felt like I have faced the impossible this year and seen God move in miraculous ways. Yet even now, there are situations big and small that seem impossible. I can’t...

Shenandoah Valley Birds Paint and Color Page

I do a simple watercolor activity with friends at a local community center called Our Community Place once a month. I’ve been painting watercolor birds these past few weeks, so this week I used my iPad and Apple Pencil...

Pocket Prayers Printable

I don’t know about you, but there have been times in my spiritual life with God when I long for the rich prayers passed down in our Christian tradition. I enjoy praying prayers from The Book of Common Prayer...

On dormant passions

I have two big folders of artwork from college that I’ve never thrown away. I was in college at Gardner-Webb University (a wonderful small Baptist college in North Carolina) from 1996-2000. I recently remembered two charcoal sketches I did...

A fierce love for dark days

One of the lessons I’ve learned in this pandemic is that it’s okay to be gentle with myself. It’s okay to show myself compassion and care. I’ve learned that my anxiety can get the better of me if I...