Just One More Cookie

A silhouette of a woman, curls frame her face and reach down to provide a handhold to help a young girl escape from a prison below. In the woman’s hair sits a finch bird, the same bird that forms our Lady Grey logo. I painted “Miss Lady Grey” to remind me of how the darkest pits became paths to my best joys.

What happens when you become more excited about just one more cookie than any other pleasure?

When God Paces You

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Last time, I wrote about how God opens up places of uniqueness, peace, and freedom. I want to talk more about each of these. These tell-tale marks of God’s Spirit. The Bible calls these fruits of the Spirit, evidence that this person has walked through seasons with God as their pace car. For the full […]

How Beauty Made Me Sober

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When I was in kindergarten, I remember seeing the janitor carrying a bundle of day old balloons. They didn’t look old to me at the time or my classmates. The entire class was lined up watching those balloons. In the janitor’s eyes, these balloons probably meant trash. But he must have seen the light in my eyes […]

Lights on the Road

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*In case you missed it: Grand Opening Portrait Contest ends tomorrow, June 2nd (details)* On a long drive from Maryland to New Hampshire, I sat in the front seat of our converted van. I glanced back to check on our boys and saw them reading in their seats. The sun had set and they were […]