#livefreeThursday: let’s show up for our assignment
The barbed wire was shabby, hanging twisted and low. The little one was maybe two years old, or younger. She was naked her under her dirty dress. She climbed through the barbed wire to use the...
View Article13th Disciple: Am I worthy?
Today I want to welcome a #livefree friend who I love like crazy. Her name is Laura Polk. She is brave and courageous and loves the Lord. When she began to walk as the 13th disciple, it brought up...
View Article13th Disciple: Following Jesus helps you find home
My friend, Cindy Krall, joins us today. She’s part of a movement of following Jesus, wherever He leads, whatever He asks. I love this woman. She’s pretty amazing and funny. Today she shares her...
View Article13th Disciple: How a flawed disciple rediscovered her voice
I met her when she was 10. I was her teacher in church. We reconnected online a year or so ago, But then I got to hug her in person at the Come With Me retreat last month. Can you tell how much I love...
View Article#livefreeThursday: Quieten my quivery soul
Some friends and I were talking about living “shaken” by the power of God. I asked them what that meant to them. “It means that I would live in such a way that it would quieten my quivery soul,” one...
View Article#livefreestory: finding a miracle in the hard places {{giveaway}}
Today my friend, Christina Calk, author of the newly released book Perseverant Parenting, joins us. Christina is a family counselor, speaker, author, and family minister. She wrote Perseverant...
View ArticleMy time in the dark room
Today my friend, Jodie Barrett, shares what happened when she started walking as the 13th disciple. It led her into the dark room to be developed. The dark room where she was assured that God wasn’t...
View ArticleWhen you are the statistic, and you don’t want to be
Today Jennifer Connell is sharing her 13th Disciple story. It started a long time ago when she discovered that she was part of a statistic, one that often left her feeling insecure and hurting. Thank...
View ArticleChapter Six: On the other side of the storm
A friend was in a car accident. As I walked through the doors of the hospital to see her, it was familiar. Too familiar. Several months has passed since Richard’s diagnosis and battle with cancer. The...
View ArticleWhat cancer taught me about living
He was wearing his Susan G. Komen T-shirt. I couldn’t take my eyes off the shirt. It was from our celebration a couple of weeks ago. It read: September, 2016. Survivor. Suddenly I was lost in time. It...
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