The Carrie Life

Up until last year I was a youth pastor, so my job was planning events for the teens.  Several years ago as I sat at my desk wondering what ...

In general, I never really felt like I fit into Christian culture.  I wasn't ever struggling with big issues like my sexuality, but some...

 I am not afraid of encountering and processing human emotion.   If someone is planning a tear jerker, they are aiming at me.  I am bawling ...

This post will be short and sweet and it’s dedicated to all my mom friends out there. Today, like every other alternate Wednesday morni...

As you read this, I am at Disneyland (well you know if you read this when I post it, otherwise who knows where I am when you read this).  Fo...

Caleb Kaltenbach was supposed to be at a conference I attended in May to lead a couple workshops,  but some issues with his airplane kept hi...

I sat in church recently and just gazed at my son sitting next to me.  I am in awe sometimes of who he is because even though my husband I h...

When we think about having it all, we often think of having the perfect spouse and kids, perfect job, great car, dream home...you get the pi...

A couple of years ago, I wrote on the topic of suicide in the wake of Robin Williams' tragic death.  Every time I hear someone else has...

This last week my son and I finished reading the book, “A Wrinkle In Time” by Madeleine L'Engle.   I told my son we couldn't see...

This morning I had the pleasure of connecting with a young woman that God placed on my path several years ago.  We discovered our mutual lov...

If you are new to my blog or don't know much about me, you may not know when I was 18, the summer before I started college, I had...

With everything going on in our world right now, let me tell you, I have words - lots of words.  Sometimes, I have so many I just can't ...