A new youtube series. Subscribe and watch today! Learn how to paint a watercolor tree. Listen to my friend Katherine speak on the tough and beautiful lessons...

I’m sitting at a table that is open to the busy traffic street in downtown Richmond. It is one of those early spring days where the flowers are blooming all ...

This might sound foolish if you know anything about plants, but I genuinely did not know that plants got diseases until not that long ago. I planted some fru...

I’m sitting in one of those chapels where a big chunk of the walls are made of glass windows. The sky and the trees serve as the backdrop of the worship. Two...

Alrighty, I’ve been studying the book of Hebrews this past year, and the Holy Spirit has been showing me how often I am fighting against Him to harden my hea...

I'm so grateful for four years of this practice of learning to look for beauty, delight, and rest. Thank you Jesus and all of you for your encouragement. Her...

Waiting on the Lord, Persimmons, and Love

On Waiting “Two weeks!” said with a New York accent is a common joke in our family in reference to the 1986 film, The Money Pit. When we decided to build a s...

One of my dearest friends moved back from Singapore. I was able to spend a few days with her a few weeks ago. We talked and talked and talked. There really i...

As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. In the m...

So as it turns out, I’ve been getting into gardening lately. It’s been something that has been slowly growing in my heart for years now. I realized some of m...

Delight If you are my friend or have been following for a while, you might have picked up on my yearly practice of fighting the winter blues for the month of...

Happy New Year my lovely friends and followers! Have you heard? I’m extending my intro pricing for the Festival Joy Package (custom map + live wedding painti...

“I feel like I have stumbled upon a secret meeting of people I always hoped existed, and it does.” ~I'm still working on figuring out the exact quote from th...

I am alone. “Antares, Classification: Pulsating Variable Star” Tears swell up in my eyes as I see these words on the stargazing app on my phone. I click the ...

I came to see the irises To rest in the breeze To heal Her irises bloomed As she focused her eyes on me To see The iris controls the schoolroom Only shedding...

"And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like ...

"...granting an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries..." Proverbs 8:21 Last week was heavy. I felt the run of emotions from deep sa...

Two weeks ago in Florida, I decided I wanted to paint a flamingo. I mean, how DELIGHTFUL are these birds? Their name is fun to say. Their colors bring me bac...

Every day in February, I will be making a painting. That's right. 28 days, 28 paintings, 28 days of D E L I G H T. I started this last year amidst a busier ...