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Our Beautiful Mess bio picture

welcome.

hey! glad you are here!

this is where i document glimpses of our family's ordinary, crazy life. we believe that in the midst of the mundane and the seemingly out-of-control times, god is here. and beauty is here. and this beauty can draw our gaze toward god and transform dreariness into dancing (or at least into a brief, kind-of relieved, exhale)! 

no matter who you are or what your story is, i invite you to come along for the ride. if you don't "have it all together" you will probably fit in well here. so grab some coffee, forget that you have a to-do list a mile long, and get comfy.

welcome to our beautiful mess!

 

Monthly Archives: April 2008

this beautiful mess: intro

A while back, my counselor suggested that I write as a method of helping me process things I’ve been thinking, feeling, etc. I agreed that it would be an effective means of growth for me, but I was skeptical about the chances of me actually doing it. Writing takes a lot of effort for me...

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come & listen

As you can see by the lack of posts, our blog has been getting pushed down the “to do” list. I wanted to take a second, though, and share a really cool moment we had with little Shelby right after she was born. Early in the afternoon the three of us were relaxing in the...

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