The Place Called Home

Sharing Hope Through God's Word

  • Slow Down: Letting Go of Progress for Intention with God

    It’s fall! This is my favorite time of the year when the air is cooler, it’s a little more rainy, and it’s just overall more cozy. It also feels like a signal to slow down.  I tend to be very progress oriented. I like to feel like I’m always doing something, like I’m not wasting…

  • A Very Present Help in Time of Need: 11 Psalms for an Anxious Heart

    It’s the end of August. Summer is ending and fall is coming. I always love when fall comes and we can start to feel the cooler temperatures and see the leaves change. Have you noticed any signs of fall where you’re at? It’s starting to get a little cooler here, but I’m looking forward to…

  • A Prayer to the God of My Life: What is God’s Will For Your Life?

    This month marks the first anniversary of this blog!  That’s crazy to think I’ve already been here for a whole year, getting to share with you what God has been sharing with me. It’s been so interesting to see where He takes us each month. I still don’t feel qualified, but I love that I…

  • Refocus: Reprioritize Your Life

    To enjoy your work is a gift from God. But what if you let your work become a greater joy or a greater focus than God Himself?  Hi. I’m in this photo and I don’t like it. God recently showed me something I didn’t want to see. I didn’t like it because He showed me…

  • Conviction in Love: How to Walk in Victory

    Welcome to the end of May. How’s it been? Mine’s been pretty good and pretty busy. We celebrated my godson’s birthday, I visited my mom for Mother’s Day, and now today is my birthday. I went into planning this post thinking it would be a pretty light topic, maybe kind of fun, but I wasn’t…

  • It Is Finished: Remembering Jesus’ Work on the Cross

    I hope you’ve had a fantastic April. Ours has been busy with planning kids’ birthday parties and spring cleaning, but I just want to take the time in this month’s blog post to talk about how amazing our God is.  Have you ever read Psalm 22? It’s the one Jesus references when He’s hanging on…

  • 10 Favorite Christian Instagram Accounts for Encouragement and Community

    How’s your month been? What have you been up to lately? I know personally I’ve found myself scrolling through Instagram a lot recently. These are some accounts that I always love to see come across my feed. Their posts are always encouraging and normally help me think about God and His Word from a fresh…

  • El Roi: Getting to Know the God who Sees Me

    Hey, how’s your month going? How’s your year going? It’s still early on in 2024 but it feels like it’s already flying past.  This feeling usually tells me I need to slow down. Reorient myself. Focus back on the Father. Do you remember my blog post from New Year’s? I said that I wanted to…

  • Battling the Fear of Failure: Find Encouragement in God’s Promises

    How is your 2024 going? We’ve almost made it through the first month. Has it been going great? Are there some challenging parts?  I know I’ve been reevaluating some past habits lately. I always think I’m going to get it together and do so much more than I ever really do. Current me never seems…

  • What Do I Do?: Turning to God in Times of Confusion and Stress

    Have you ever had those moments where you just have no idea what to do?  Maybe you have a plan long-term that God’s given you but it’s the moment-to-moment decisions that trip you up. There’s too many options. What’s the right one? What does God actually want me to do at this exact moment? I…