I debated putting this up here on Journey to Shalom… but the more I thought about it, the more I felt that this does indeed belong here, because Shalom means WHOLISTIC peace… nothing broken, nothing missing. If we are neglecting or mistreating our bodies through the food and exercise choices we are making then it […]

I flipped through last year’s planner. Well, look at that. There are those New Year’s Resolutions/goals that I diligently wrote down because, of course, if you want to be a purposeful person one should do that. This was probably the first time I had read through them since last January. Any success guru would tell […]

I straight up forgot he had school. My four year old son was running around in his underwear while I was pulling out of the driveway to take my tardy kids to school, when his carpool ride drove up. I slammed on the brakes mid-exit of driveway, put the car in park and sprinted into […]

  I slump through leading my class of ten little 4 and 5 year-olds  feeling defeated…..by my own child. I see every time he wanders off the carpet, every time he jumps up to do something without me asking or when he shows aggression towards any perceived misdemeanor from his peers, and my mind wanders […]

It feels like it was just two months ago, not 20 years ago, that she left the aching void. The mother void. And if Trina Hammack’s theories about 20 year cycles of emotional trauma happening in an individual are true, my story might just back her claims. How is it that the very same uncommon […]

A Ministry Update Due to numerous factors, and after many hours of prayer and discerning the Lord’s direction, we, plus the elders of Perimeter Church, decided to move Shalom City Church into a season of pausing, praying, and (hopefully) planning the next season of house church development, discipleship and outreach. Can ministry mean more than […]

  If your walk with God is starting to dull, start prayer walking your streets.  Every time we go, there are stories of God ordaining our feet in amazing ways.  On one of our most recent walks, a woman drives pasts us while we are knocking at a friend’s door to remind her about Celebrate!Grove […]