Hello
My journey started in the quiet months of the pandemic, when a loved one stepped away from the Church and I found myself wrestling with questions, grief, and a testimony that suddenly felt tired.
The pandemic cracked a lot of things open for me.
When someone I loved left the Church, I felt lost — spiritually, emotionally, relationally. I didn’t know where to place my hurt or my hope.
Rebuilding a Lazy Testimony was exactly what I needed. It was a quiet, steady reminder that my relationship with God could be rebuilt plank by plank. It helped me breathe again. It reminded me that God is patient, personal, and willing to meet us wherever we are.
Then I found Bridges by David B. Ostler, and suddenly I had tools.
Words.
Understanding.
Compassion.
It changed the way I minister. It helped me see how to stay connected — lovingly, gently, Christlike — to those who doubt or differ.
This blog is built on those two foundations:
renewing faith and building bridges.
My Story
A few years ago, during a really heavy season, I picked up Bridges: Ministering to Those Who Question by David B. Ostler. I didn’t know it at the time, but that book would become a turning point for me. It gave me language for experiences I couldn’t explain, and hope for relationships that felt impossible.
This blog grows out of that hope.
Here, I explore what it means to follow Christ’s example of building bridges - especially within families and among those whose spiritual paths look a little different from ours, I care deeply about connection, compassion, healing estrangement, and understanding the people we love even when we don’t agree.
If you’ve ever felt caught between faith and family, love and frustration, belonging, and distance… you’re not alone.
Let’s walk these bridges together.
Contact
If something here resonates with you. I'd love to hear from you.
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