About

I am a Christian author and a graduate of Moody Bible Institute (BA in Women’s Ministry, Interdisciplinary with Music) and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (MA in Theological Studies).

Photo credit: Meesh Photography

Northern Illinois is home, where I live with my husband and second daughter; my firstborn enjoys glory. My husband and I are members at First Free Rockford.

I have written about child loss and the book of Jude. I also had the privilege of contributing a response piece in my grandfather’s excellent work on Christian missions and the Great Tradition of the Church.

In addition to reading and writing, I enjoy following politics, photography, singing, playing oboe, summers in the pool, fondly reminiscing about our three-year stint as Texans, and—of course—playing with my sweet daughter. Though I stay at home now, in a former role, I worked as a Regulatory Affairs Specialist in the medical device industry.

On my blog, you can find my photography lifestyle projects with my mom and written posts processing my spiritual journey and what I am learning in the Lord. Also, find me on Instagram and Facebook—and Goodreads to get my reading updates!

Feel free to learn more about me through my testimony, beliefs, and theological commitments below:

  • As a child, I chose to turn from sin and live for Jesus—I dearly wanted him forever. I believe this childhood decision was my seed of faith. But in the years that have followed, Jesus has led me to increase my trust in him and come to better understand my salvation.

    Since childhood, I have believed in hell as a real place of future conscious suffering for those who don’t believe in Jesus. And, in my sensitive spirit, I have always been afraid of it. As a result, I have tended to show Jesus the best in me—and only the best in me. I have had difficulty showing him my sins.

    Yet, as Jesus has led me on my spiritual journey, he and I have looked at my sins together—him revealing to me areas of sin that my efforts could not restrain. I have learned to rely fully on his grace, not the “best” in me.

    As a result, I don’t have to be afraid anymore, but can have a relationship with Jesus characterized by grace and honesty. Meeting him in this way has changed my disposition, motivation, sense of peace, approach to fighting sin, and more. While I used to have difficulties with assurance of salvation, now I know that I will be with him whom I love forever.

    “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8).

  • If you’d like to learn more about my beliefs, you can visit these statements of faith: EFCA Statement of Faith, The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, and the 42 Articles of the Essentials of a Christian World View.

  • I hold to premillennial dispensationalism, biblical inerrancy, penal substitution, and presuppositionalism. Further, I affirm total depravity, God’s sovereign power to save anyone, and the eternal security of believers. In missions, I am a prioritist, focusing on gospel proclamation to those who have not yet been reached.