I Choose Today...

Episode 10: I Choose Today to Share What I Have

The Boy. The Basket. The Miracle. There’s a boy in the crowd—one most people overlook. He’s young, likely poor, holding five small barley loaves and two fish. Maybe it was a lunch packed by his mama. Just enough to sustain him. Certainly not enough to feed thousands. But then Jesus speaks. A need is revealed. And the boy has a choice. He could hide. Eat his lunch in silence. Keep it to himself. Or… he could step forward and offer what he has—small as it may be. He chooses to give. And Jesus takes it. He doesn’t mock it. He doesn’t belittle its size. He gives thanks for it. Then He multiplies it. And that simple, surrendered offering becomes the catalyst for one of the most remembered miracles in Scripture.   I’ve thought a lot about that boy. About the courage it took to step forward. About the humility to hand over what little he had. And honestly? I see myself in him. When God called me to start this podcast, I didn’t feel like I had much to offer. Just a story. A heart to encourage. A willingness to obey. I could’ve stayed quiet. Blended in. Kept my “loaves

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I Choose Today to Go Where Jesus Would Go: The Remnant Series

We often talk about living like Jesus—but are we willing to go where He went? Jesus didn’t confine Himself to temple walls or religious circles. He walked through Samaritan towns. He entered the homes of tax collectors. He let a broken woman anoint His feet while others scoffed. He touched the leper. He defended the adulterous woman. He dined with the very people religious leaders warned against. Not once did He compromise truth. But not once did He withhold compassion either. That’s the tension I’m wrestling with. Because in many church circles today, I see a hesitancy—not to speak truth—but to step into messy places where truth is most needed. There’s a fear that associating with sinners equals agreeing with sin. And so, instead of going out, we pull in. We stay safe. We protect our reputation. We polish our theology and post our sermons—but we forget the simple, radical call Jesus gave: Go. “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” — Mark 16:15 But how do we “go” if we refuse to be present in the places where brokenness lives? Jesus didn’t call us to avoid the world—He called us to love it. To

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I Choose Today to Worship in the Middle of the Mundane

The Ordinary Series – Part 4 Note: This post is Part 4 in The Ordinary Series. Part 3 will be shared as part of the upcoming podcast episode where I’ll dive deeper into what it means to be an ordinary kingdom partner. For now, I pray these words meet you right where you are. ⸻ I think the ordinary is the hardest place to live. See, the outcasts are looking for hope. They know they need saving. The mountain movers? They see the kingdom and are actively pursuing it. But those of us in the middle of the ordinary? We’re just trying to make it through the day. We’re folding laundry, checking off to-do lists, opening the fridge to figure out what can be made for dinner with whatever’s left. We bandage another scraped knee. Pay another bill. Run another errand. Facilitate another meeting. Nothing about it feels like kingdom work. Not to mention—I’m just an ordinary person living an ordinary life. And it’s in that space that the lie creeps in: This can’t possibly matter. This can’t be kingdom. But it does. And it is. Because God is in the business of using the ordinary in the ordinary to

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I Choose Today to Live in the Kingdom

The Ordinary Series – Part 2 The kingdom of heaven wasn’t meant to stay behind stained glass windows. It was meant to walk into living rooms. To show up in office break rooms. To interrupt grocery store runs. To bring light into dark places and hope into broken hearts. And the ones who carry it? They look a lot like you and me. Carpenters. Fishermen. Business owners. Moms. Students. Retirees. Ordinary people who listened for the Spirit’s nudge—and obeyed. That’s how the early church turned the world upside down. And that’s how the kingdom still comes—when we choose to live it out in the ordinary. When Jesus declared, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17), He was announcing something radical. Heaven wasn’t far off—it was near. Not just a someday promise, but a present reality. He didn’t just talk about it—He embodied it. Through healing the sick, forgiving sins, casting out demons, and teaching truth with authority, Jesus brought the reality of heaven to earth. The King had come. And where the King is, the kingdom reigns. But He didn’t stop there. Jesus commissioned His followers to bring that kingdom to others. “All authority in heaven and on earth has

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I Choose Today to Venture Beyond the Familiar

I live outside the greater DC area. It is a small, tucked away place where it is quiet, peaceful, stunningly beautiful, and dare I say, magical. It is tempting to stay here in my bubble of bliss, of utopia, and never go out of my area again. But moving around so much has taught my husband and myself to get out and explore the area and see what it has to offer. Even though we love where we live, we enjoy seeing the different cultures, people, food, and beauty in other areas around us. But there are people in our area who don’t explore and are content to stay in their bubble of bliss. This became apparent when I took a friend to the airport in DC. She grew up in my area, but rarely leaves it to explore the city. I took her to places she had never seen before, places I frequent. She was surprised by how easily I navigated my way without even a GPS. We went to a fun diner and had a wonderful meal in a neighborhood she had never experienced. It was fun to show her the city she spent her life near but

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