easpennerNov 23, 20212 minThe Beauty of Rest in Our MotherhoodIt shouldn’t be like this, you know? This continuous feeling of being steamrolled by our own motherhood. Sheer exhaustion. Day in. And...
easpennerNov 20, 20212 minBroken HallelujahI can't ever get through this song without tears. Without goosebumps. Without imagining every word. Without wanting to fall straight to...
easpennerNov 15, 20213 minSometimes, God lets you break...Sometimes, God has to let us break to piece us back together again. Sometimes, God has to allow our layers to peel back, exposing our...
easpennerAug 26, 20213 minOur Children Always Deserve Our GraceThis was the scene last night of a mighty, mighty battle… …a little boy taking on the world with his strong will and terrible threes… …a...
easpennerAug 24, 20213 minBeauty From Ashes in a Broken WorldWe can end this tireless tirade the enemy has sweeping the world right now, you know? We have this incredible ability to stop it...
easpennerAug 8, 20212 minA Mama's Heart is Always With Her ChildrenEvery time a mama watches her child walk away, she feels a piece of her heart walk away too; and wherever a mama's babies go, a piece of...
easpennerAug 5, 20212 minThey'll always remember a mama who digs into life with them..."I think they'd really like it if you got into the lake with them today," my husband whispered. I knew he was right. But, I had become a...
easpennerAug 3, 20211 minSometimes, being a mama means taking a lifeboat ride on the ever-giving waves of God's grace...Sometimes, being a mama means not wanting to do one more thing. It means passing up a sink full of dishes, over and over, and over...
easpennerJul 26, 20212 minI went to church on the water...I went to church on the water last week. Not in a church pew. Not singing hymns. Or with a Bible in my lap. Rather, I found God under the...
easpennerJul 4, 20212 minThe Bittersweet Beauty of SurrenderIf you’ve ever had a relapse with your anxiety, you just know. You know the wave of exhaustion. You know the unshakable fear. You know...
easpennerJul 1, 20212 minYou don't need a spotlight to hold God's attention...Some of us will never make it big. Some of us will never have anything go viral. Some of us may never be truly known by more than a few....
easpennerJun 29, 20213 minThe Golden Moments There are these moments. You know the ones. The ones that bring us to our knees. Shake us to our absolute core. Causing us to come...
easpennerJun 26, 20212 minMotherhood is Humbling Yourself in God's NameWithin 28 hours of this photo being taken... I watched my baby have an asthma attack. I walked into the ER just before 2:00 AM. I caught...
easpennerJun 17, 20211 minThere's just something about a grandma's hug...There's just something about a grandma's hug. Something that makes you want to unbuckle your seat belt and run back into her house, for...
easpennerJun 6, 20211 minA Prayer for My DaughterDear Daughter, I pray the world never gets so loud that you can no longer find God's voice. My prayer is never that you win every race;...
easpennerMay 10, 20212 minLove Beyond-ExtraordinaryI didn’t get to sleep in. My little five-AM wake-up call doesn’t have a snooze button. I didn’t have a day without arguing or tears....
easpennerApr 26, 20211 minGod's Mighty Little GirlThere is this little girl. A little girl God designed to be so incredibly one-of-a-kind that the world would never fit her into its mold....
easpennerApr 21, 20212 minFinding God' VoiceSometimes, it can feel almost impossible. To find it. To seek it. To discern it. To listen to it. God's sweet, encouraging voice......
easpennerApr 17, 20211 minA Mother Never Stops BattlingThere’s simply never an end to how many times a mother lines up to go to battle for her babies. Day in. And day out. Never an end to the...
easpennerApr 8, 20213 minThe Holding OneShe had been crying for what seemed like 30 minutes. So much so, she was completely inconsolable. As she melted into my lap, I was...